The BBC report mentioned buried aircraft, that sort of thing never happened did it?? LOL!

In all seriousness, the amount of radioactive content in the soil there could be significant. In a slightly related vein, I live reasonably near a factory that at one point used to paint luminescent signage on to fire extinguishers and the mill pond associated with the site is now officially a registered toxic hazard with significant pollutants held in the sludge and sediment on the bottom

i was at that show as a young 9/10 year old boy, can still picture the last moments in my head of the spit going up into the loop and hitting the deck hard in a slight nose up attitude. made quite an impression at that age, but fortunately didn’t spoil my passion for aviation.

RIP David Moore.

I was there too, I will never ever forget the horrifying noise of the impact as long as I live

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Moving swiftly on, Spotty B17 Form Up ship to a distinctly war weary B24 in the same role

oooooh, tip mounted jets!

This one blends, whisks and actually flies

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Oooooh, bombers as nightfighters?

Douglas P-70

Did someone say ‘Outback’?

RFDS DHA-3 Drover

avoiding the obvious and posting any of the usual suspects such as the XP-55, from a pretend canard to a genuine one

The earth shatteringly beautiful Ambrosini SS.4