And no, Mooggy C. Still awaited, I presume. But digging still going on in Burma, or so I am led to believe.

The tunnel from Burrma should reach Perranporth soon then!

ummmm……

wouldn’t the fact that part of the airframe was resting on chalk have been identified in the initial survey and a lifting strategy devised accordingly? – or have the sands shifted since the survey was done?

Can’t help but think that the money might have been better spent on some of the existing independent projects to recreate extinct aircraft – but that is a personal view perhaps not shared by many. No need to justify the Do17 recovery to me again.

Perhaps a gap in the market exists for replica ‘slip-on’ cast iron radiators to cover the modern ones!!!

or a quick trip to an architectural salvage yard……

Didn’t notice the radiator – but the phone seemed a bit 1960s…..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-20th-century_system-built_houses

Erich Bachem , designer and builder of the Bachem Natter, subsequently joined with Erwin Hymer to build Hymer caravans and eventually motor homes. The company used the original factory where the Bachem Natters were built to build their caravans and motor homes for some time and IIRC the building is still used for storage by the Hymer company.

This was covered in After the Battle a short while ago

IIRC the Hampden was at Bicester – but could be wrong – certainly an airframe survived into the 1960s – as did most of Halifax PN323 (was that it’s serial) at Radlett.

Don’t forget the story of the Whirlwind fighter cockpit which was burnt in the late 60s/70s – It was at an FAA Engineering base – (?Manadon??) and was offered to the RAFM who turned it down because they thought it was a helicopter – or is that apocryphal?

Or you could go for the private seller – Milweb and/or HMVF might be good places to search – eg

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?25199-Nissen-hut-frames

It’s quite sobering that there’s an F-35 in a museum already………..

Could we make it any uglier? Only its mother could love it as it is! 🙂

or it’s pilots,,,,

Have to say Bill – that the sooner the better with that Barra

I was talking with the father of a school friend who I hadn’t realised had been an FAA pilot flying Barras as I’d always known him as a General Practitioner. The conversation had swung towards the fact that no Barras had survived and he had no idea that your rebuild was under way.

You could see his obvious pleasure and satisfaction in knowing that one would eventually be on show at Yeovilton.

(and yes – I’ve voted for you as well)