Lottery winners spending their cash on old planes? Historic avaition isnt high on everyones agenda I guess.

The aircraft that lie in deep fresh water lakes, are they in a state of preservation where they are? Is it worth leaving them there rather risk smashing them to bits while trying to recover them?

Ive heard lots of stories about buried aircraft. Buried spitfires in quarries, lancasters flown to an airfiled and bulldozed into a large ditch and buried. JU88s and FW180s buried in sand pits in germany, even spitfires in secret bunkers under the bullring, Birmingham. They are all fantastic stories to listen to… surely some must be true… wishful thinking?

Tim

A hampden in the U.K? I didnt know about that. This sounds very exciting.

Maybe in years to come, when technology and recovery techniques have improved aircraft could be recovered cheaply and easily.
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Ok, more easily and with less money involved! Im sure everyone wants to see complete aircraft recovered but as with everything, money is the key. Perhaps with new technology there wont be need for the folding stuff in such great quantities.

Are aircraft in Scandinavian lakes “discovered” or are there lists of lakes, and what aircraft are in them?

Do you know? Spill the beans!

How long can an aircraft survive in deep fresh water?

Maybe in years to come, when technology and recovery techniques have improved aircraft could be recovered cheaply and easily.

Imagine, 100 years from now…. a stirling from the deep!

I wasnt aware that there are two whitley projects. If there is it wouldnt make much sense not to cooperate. Eventually, with enough effort, money and time im sure that a whitley could be reconstructed from the remaining parts and blueprints.

Easiest soloution would be to fish up a complete example from a freshwater lake, I dont think there are any though!