Martin was just a presenter, to use his name gives the narrative a profile, and helps for marketing purposes ie views and advertising revenue .

I think anyone who has any genuine knowledge of the enterprise will understand that, and all this rather overblown indignation is a bit of a side show. 

The Dutch deserve all the credit of course, but I doubt they are looking for it,  as the real efforts, commitment and sacrifice at the centre of this excavation were made eighty years ago.

I think that is the news we were all secretly dreading, as if being reduced to just a nose was not indignity enough…

Both the Whirlwind and the Widgeon were disposed of in 1986. 

Perhaps the facility had to close for some reason, and the aeronautical items were re-homed then? 

https://www.cuckfieldconnections.org.uk/post/1986-museum-lands-rare-hel…

Crikey, that Chinook had a wallop!

Interesting, and not unexpected that the initial report released by MOD suggested it was an emergency landing.  It was a landing, and it did end up as an emergency, but 24 hours after the accident, nobody knew.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/08/raf-chinook-emergency-landin…

The subsequent MOD report blames the crew for hishandling, and allowing a huge rate of descent, of 600 fpm, which essentially collapsed the structure of the aircraft.  Report here ( it’s long! ) .

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a797257ed915d07d35b58ef…

Story of the rebuild is interesting too, undertaken by Vector aerospace.

”The damage sustained was such that the aircraft could well have been classified as Beyond Economical Repair (BER).

However, it was decided that recovering the aircraft to service was a viable option by drawing on the extensive experience and expertise in Chinook heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) vested in Boeing and Vector Aerospace.
Vector Aerospace has been supporting the MOD’s Chinook fleet under sub-contract to Boeing since 2008.

A plan was duly developed and work began to bring the aircraft back to life. The extent of the damage was so great that a number of structural parts had to be replaced and these were incorporated alongside newly manufactured aircraft skins.
Every component was inspected and either repaired or replaced. Whilst this package of work was being undertaken the aircraft’s avionics systems were also upgraded to bring the aircraft up to the MK4 Julius standard.”

https://www.helis.com/database/news/vector_chinook/

Seeing as the cat is now out of the ‘internet bag’,  this video shows what was discussed.
It was GoPro footage from a light aircraft waiting to take off at the small strip at Pitsford reservoir, very close to Sywell.

https://x.com/richardmaber/status/1797916350574153923