Not sure if this was mentioned. The Blue Bell near Coningsby. Has a rich aviation history. Many signatures on the ceiling but mainly post war. Even some F-14 pilots appear incl. Puck, the final F-14 Tomcat CO. Enough WW2 photo’s and logbooks present.
indeed conditions were not 100% 5 years ago. One of the planes kissed the mud. I never made it to the airstrip myself as the remaining air ops for the weekend took place from Hoogeveen ap.
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thanks again for the information. I am pretty known with the Auster mk.6 we own but lack knowledge of the older types.
Looks like the folks in 2010 used the wrong picture than.
Bill, thank you. Just found this commemoration from 2010. I guess it could be an original picture attached. I saw a picture of Canadians using a mk.5 near Barneveld so this could be a mk.4.
Looks like repairable to me. According to the pictures the engine seems to have stopped before impact as I don’t see any damage to the prop?
Depending on the state of the fuselage this seems to be repairable. There is a shortage of left hand Auster wings but repairing a right hand wing (tip) should be possible.
I am sure there a lot of work involved though. :apologetic:
so far not much luck but former Grumman members think its pretty old, probably WW.2. More recent parts were all painted white. None of the guys remembers these green parts being used in jet fighters, etc.
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