I thought it was a very interesting program and made a pleasant change to much of what’s on nowadays. Kept me on the edge of my seat not knowing what was going to be unearthed next. I wish there were many more programs like it that cover the subject, and those that disapprove could always watch something else?? Looking forward to the rest of the series.

This issue arises because of the following points:
1. The damage to historical artifacts by rapid excavation of artifacts. (It doesn’t matter if some museums get the aritifacts at the end).
2. Loss of historical information by rapid removal of artifacts. Archaeologists will tell you ‘context is everything’.
3. The damamge done to reputation of people who do excavate wartime sites professionally and considerately by the general public who are now watching this program.

None of this is affected whether anyone voicing their own opposition on this forum, or any other, watches Battlefield Recovery or not.

I am not feeling so bad that the Big Nig acquisition didn’t come through.

This aircraft found complete, restored to its original state has no relevence to the UK at all. And to change its identiy to an RAF machine would be sacrilage.

It is a shame they didn’t get that Vickers Vincent though

Then the space will stay empty for a couple of years yet.

Did I hear right that Milestones was getting the boot or did I hope so hard I hallucinated it?

For Beermat:
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization whose purpose is…
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…mix but I detest the dumbing down that occurs.

Has this thread run its course?

Intersting read, thank you.

It occurs to me that there might somewhere be a confusion with the date of MB190 departing to the US with the UK and US way of writing dates.

Even with full support up until May ’16, what would be the point of putting the Vulcan through its winter maintenance schedule ready for flight only to ground it at the start of the airshow season?

The Subritzky Baffin. The Finnish Ripon…

I would be very intersted to hear about any other big Blackburn bipanes existing.

I am quite pleased that any part of TT.39 still survives let alone the most distinctive part.

But one thing does puzzle me? Why design such a complex nose with all the heavy framing and not just re-use the plexiglass nose like the Bomber variants had? Especially for a target tug where all the action should be happening behind it.

P.S. If the Peoples’ Mosquite ever does become a real thing, we have the first part right there.