I wonder if sometimes, when someone is killed in flying, that the rest of the family don’t want any reminder or evidence left of the flying activities?

Also worth noting that ‘lost forever’ could be accidental through moving or flood etc, or even squirelled away in an unkown collection, though I don’t know in Davids’ cases above.

David, have you ever come across Gordon Slades’ logbooks?

Hercs didn’t always park their props in a ‘+’ therefore it’s hard to argue that the RAFM is wrong, even if it wasn’t standard practice.
Looking through pictures on the net it seems that ‘202 has been displayed with props in both positions.

Nice formation of jet, hooked Spitefuls!
Were you away?!:D Thanks to you both for continuously posting these images.

I have to ask Dave, how do you know the smallest details about the recovery like that, from eyewitnesses or documented etc?

Great resolution and outcome, glad common sense prevailed.
Welcome back chaps, and thanks to Paul mcmillan for highlighting the situation for us.

This one at the bottom of the water, Zeeland, http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=121025

What became of the story of chunks of ‘Kee Bird’ moving to Holland?

One Webbie?!

The fact that there is one webmaster that has come back from holiday to find this situation worries me!
Surely a forum of this magnitude (possibly largest aviation forum?) needs enough webbies looking out for it to cover holidays, sickness and weekends.

Also begs the question, if he was away and came back to this, who issued the ban?

This has has all been woefully dealt with at the top, and I can entirely see Andy’s point.
He was quite chipper on Saturday morning when I spoke to him, but sounds deafeted now.
I also understand that all that was revealed in the offending thread was information that is already in public domain.

I just hope that Peter and Andy will get their explanation, apology, and welcome back.