David: Which is exactly my point: when its time comes, BN will be retired. Until then it’s an operational asset like all the other Chinooks… I would be surprised if historic relevance alone is a criterium for retirement. Hours, operational requirements (and associated costs), airframe life, etc. I imagine are much more relevant.

Yes shame they keep upgrading BN and not let her retire before something happens to her.

So who’s going to tell the poor sod under fire in Afghanistan or some other warzone that his evac is not available as it was deemed of better use as a museum piece? I don’t think so.

Whilst I should know better I just don’t seem to be able to resist! Based on the description of the ‘bitsa’, is it a Fauvel AV36? As to the naked frame and the lonely wing, I’ve no idea so I’ll leave those to others.

Spot on: a Fauvel AV36 which did not pass the glue inspection of the spars and was put up in the rafters. Two out of four isn;t bad, I’d say it’s yours (PS: the frame is an LCA Topaze used as the basis for a homebuilt project that never took off, the wing ia from a humble Schleicher K.8b).

As mentioned, there was one guy in The Netherlands who had his entire collection of panels confiscated following a house-call from police after a parcel addressed to him (containing instruments) was found to be ‘hot’.

Another guy importing a complete aircraft from the US had the whole aircraft impounded after a container scan showed the instruments were ‘hot’. After about two weeks and a bill of 3000 euros for removal of said instruments and disposal via a certified agency he was allowed to pick up the aircraft at the docks sans instruments.

Some continental Vintage Glider Club members travelling to the UK have for some years now been replacing their original instruments (luminous) with later ones (non-luminous) for a few weeks whenever taking their gliders (in trailers) to events in the UK due to scans of vehicles at the ferry terminal.

Right airfield (impressed!), right Bulldog. Now for the gliders: they are not the Neo-Samarian Nord 2000 (although its wings are in the same hangar, yes) and the C.800 (don’t know where that is).

The clues: the fuselage frame is a French glider. The wing is a German glider. The rest is a complete French glider (although it is a bit difficult to distinguish what’s what, it’s almost all there).

Thanks, the resemblance to the CW-1 is striking, so it had to be the Buzzard, but on checking my vague recollection I could only find the latter version…

Here’s a picture with four different aircraft types (or bits thereof). I want at least two named, bonus point for three. Naming only the bottom one does not win you this wot-plane 😉