The Valetta was lost several years ago to a local known teenage arsonist. I believe this was not long before the local council agreed to a security fence around the whole museum.

Steve

Now I remember. Couldn’t remember the name of it. I was there a few weeks ago and was told about the attempted breakin on the Vulcan. Maybe they should put a few hundred volts through the fence to keep the little ba***rds out.

Ali 😡

B.o.B. Lanc has just overflown Panshanger heading West at about 1200 feet- where’s it going this time of day?

Would I be accused of being picky if I said it’s actually a B.o.B. FLIGHT lanc.

Ali :rolleyes:

I have a princess diana pound coin in my purse that I will let anyone have for a tenner if you’re interested.

Ali :rolleyes:

wait wait, let’s not go paranormal here…
I guess we’re talkin about good taste vs feticism here.. As per the helmet, just donate it to a museum and explain them the story behind it, it will live on and celebrate the memory of yr father as well.

Alex

I don’t believe that items can be haunted or anything like that. A rabbit foot was supposed to be lucky but the rabbit had four and it didn’t do it much good. I agree with the helmet idea. Pass it onto a museum and they will look after it and put it on display so that more hip and cool students can say “what the ******* is that”.

Ali

🙂

I am an advocate of marking the lives of those who died in aircraft crashes by both marking the site when practical and recovering parts which can assist in rebuilds as well as being on display with the details of the crew and mission.Sadly on site memorials are not always respected.

On two occasions I have passed on parts for rebuilds IE the altimeter in the Mosquito at Elvington.

Do not feel upset about the parts from the crash,instead use the parts to mark the memory of those who lost the lives.And also consider that some crashes involved no loss of life.

Couldn’t agree more but the MOD take a bit of a dim view on people who dig up crash sites where there are human remains. In the NE Aviation Museum they told me about a Hurricane dig that they were on and it was all done by the book with the RAF and licences issued and when they got to the cockpit half of the pilots jacket was there with half the pilots chest and his boots where still there with his feet still inside. How much of the body do they have to recover to say it’s the pilot and he’s in that grave there?

Ali

15 + a couple that may surface in the future according to my notes

I dived the wreck of a Seafire when I was working in Scotland a couple of years ago. It looked still in one piece but the wings very silted up.

Ali

😎

Alison,
the state of the Hendon Halifax has been debated at length on here before.
I think it’s disgraceful but other people don’t always agree with that.
Andy

I would have thought that restoring such a rare aircraft would be a priority. They do it all over the world except here and it’s such a shame. It looks like it’s in better condition than the Canadian one when that was recovered. It just looks so sad lying there.

Ali