Isn’t that a bit worrying?
Glad no one had to use it for real!

I visited Kermits Museum in 2000. While I never spoke to him personally he did give the visitors a talk about an (I think) Avro 504 he was restoring and ran the engine up for us (we also got an air display by an Ag Cat and a banner pickup demo. Not something you normally get for a few pounds entrance fee!). He also mentioned plans to build a seaplane base. We then had a tour of his storage facility and engine cash. Everything from Lancs, Blenheims, Migs, Merlins, Alisons and DB engines. There was also a recently restored Douglas Marauder out in the sun.

I am sure eventually those airframes in store will be restored and I wouldn’t mind betting some will return to the UK.

We should be glad people buy and store these old airframes. Doug Arnold, Kermit Weeks and many others by their hoarding activities are giving us the chance to see them again. After all if they are not stored they will be smelted.

Probably the most well known and worst loss was the KC-135 and B-52G off the Spanish coast in 1966. Seven crew members were killed but four of the B-52 crew were able to escape, the four nuclear weapons were recovered, one after a long undersea search.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash

The incident I was thinking of was between a Phantom and a C130 refueling tanker. The Phantom hit head on the tanker while it was tanking several other aircraft. The Phantom and the C130 crew were lost IIRC. At least one of the tanking aircraft was damaged or lost. Apprarently the Phantom made a **** up of the approach proceedure and attempted to tank in the wrong direction to the others.

As the movie was taken from the tanker isn’t release of such information a breach of official secrets? Personally I wouldn’t want to end up on a charge posting such a thing on You Tube especially with all the pain that can get you into. Pretty scary though but I guess the military is a pretty scary enviroment anyway.

Wasn’t there a Phantom Tanker mid-air during the Vietnam war?

If the crew are identified are their names removed from the Runnymead Memorial?

What about keeping her as a ground runner?