However, one should note that Brian’s cockpit shot shows the placard that I translate as ‘Sack landings are forbidden’. 😀

Are those the type after which you’re sacked by the chief pilot?:rolleyes:

You sure about that? The 2de Maasvlakte near Rotterdam is I believe still in the process of being reclaimed? Or has the reclamation already finished? I lost track on that project. Other then that I don’t think there are any projects going on. Lots of ambitious plans though.

Strictly speaking that’s a different story. In a polder you build a dike and then drain the water from it. If there’s a wreck inside the polder it will emerge. The Maasvlakte is built differently as they add soil to raise the land until it is above sea level. If there are any aircraft wrecks there you won’t find them as effectively you’re burying them deeper underground.

Anyone else got tales of aircraft engines being used for other purposes?

You mean this sort of stuff:http://gizmodo.com/5090397/10-gadgets-that-have-no-business-using-a-jet-engine :D:D:eek:

What sort of state is that poor B26 in????????????????

Doesn’t seem to be that much worse than when I saw it in 2002. What they said then was that planes are rotated through restoration, it will get some attention in due course but as it is a larger airframe it might take a while before enough space opens up. There is enough work around those hangars to keep a whole company busy, this is just the tip of the iceberg! Great place though 🙂

The Vanguard is run up on occasion, as far as possible it is a live aircraft still. There are other aircraft at Brooklands capable of running but I’m not sure which are run these days. Back when I was a more frequent visitor it would be the Sopwith Camel, but that has had some engine trouble since, the Demoiselle and the Bleriot. There may be others.

Website is not down and text is Dutch and English. E-mail: [email]office@skhv.nl[/email]

Hi Arjan,

Thanks for the addition, the website wouldn’t load when I tried it, I knew the address was right so figured it would be something temporary. Good thing that there’s an English section on the site now.

FXST,

Thanks for that, the history of the aircraft as it is known now does include a couple of strange stories, I guess this fits in quite well. Coert knows more about that, he’ll turn up here eventually I guess. Do you have any more background info perhaps, where was the aircraft based? With which unit? What timeframe was this?

Hi Coert

Is this the same B25 that was at Shoreham airshow a couple of weeks ago?

Mark

Indeed that is the one.

FXST, could you tell a bit more about that photo? You mention on the page that it came back from a special ‘mission’ when that photo was taken, could you let us in on the secret? 😉