Yes I would agree with a Lincoln. The undercarriage config seems to confirm. Googled a picture of similar from the same angle.

Thank you for the Video link Soggy. Very well put together and moving accounts. The site looks well overgrown now, the pond must now be in the undergrowth. I would think there is still some small items around, we did not have time to sift through the big pile of clay from the hole before running out of time the site had to be made good by the Sunday evening.

I think that is a nice touch you leaving a poppy at the site. I haven’t heard from Mr hood for years now cant make contact.

BTW. Are you still into gliding? Used to myself back in the 1970’s.

I was on this dig with DARRT in the 1970’s and remember it well. Fortunately the farmer and the locals where very enthusiastic too. The problem was the site was just on the other side of the hedge in National trust property. Having consulted them they wanted a pond there, so ideal, There was an excavator on site as the farmer was having a drainage system dug in his field. The excavator driver was very enthusiastic to do the dig.

You could see the the fuel on the surface but as the digger got to work the stench of fuel was overwhelming. The propellers recovered at 25 ft. Though badly smashed the engines etc were in soft clay and washed off in like new condition. we recovered a lorry load from the site. My prize was one of the Carburetors which I stripped down cleaned and mounted as sectional view. Very impressive piece of engineering.

Have to say the farmer, the digger driver, and the locals were absolutely fantastic. We asked the farmer where we could hire a lorry? Don’t know he said. But I’ve got one you could borrow. We offered, but he would not except payment, not even for the fuel.

The digger driver even kept in touch with the group asking when the next dig would be.

Didn’t get any thing like this on the Devon Digs.

Well Done Andy! A happy conclusion. Its understandable at the time for the feeling of anger. But in most cases sad to say they had no choice.

Why on earth have they got it so wrong????, main engine tests resulting in cracked turbine blades?????

The Challenger main engines never had any blades!!!!!!

John.

Me too! I thought that.

They spoke of the sections of the solid rocket booster “O” Rings. If you study the video of the launch carefully you can see the flame between the Shuttle and connection to the main booster.

Also I understand the whole thing is assembled in the VAB. So the “o” ring would not have been exposed to freezing temperatures, and would have compressed and formed itself to make a seal. Cant see how it can change shape afterwards. Though the findings seem to be blaming the cold at the launch site on the day of the launch making the Rubber “O” Ring seals brittle.

Still a tragic accident.

To my shame I knew nothing of this. I must find Airey Neave’s book.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9930526/The-secrets-of-the-Second-World-War-Comet-Line-are-revealed.html

Yesterday TV Ran a brilliant documentary on the comet line a few months ago.

Thank you.
I wasn’t aware of that.

When was the last time a Ju-88 changed hands on the closed market, and what was the transaction worth?

Or has that not happened?

I had a fantastic week working on the JU88R1 at St Athan in the late 1970’s. It was restored then moved to Hendon. However it was reported at the time The Americans wanted to buy it for I seem to remember a figure of 2.5 million mentioned in the local press. Thankfully the sale never went ahead and the Aircraft went to Hendon. These days hard to say what monetary value you could put on it. For me it is a priceless Gem and should remain in the UK.