Or Howard Hughes floating about in one of his XF-11s!:D
Cant see any Red Bull logo on that pic!
Have you got the deviation card holder? I remember seeing some on a stall at Shoreham Aeromart not so long ago but cannot remember who was selling them. They were mint and may be newly made.
I hope the skies are as blue on Saturday and Sunday!
Thanks. Never thought of checking on Google Earth.
Wulfie,
Are you planning on publishing the results of your research? If not I think maybe you should consider it as there is a lot of interest. Kind of a ‘wrecks and relics’ of gun turrets.
Keep up the good work!
I remember seeing a Jindivick as a gate guardian at Llanbedr. Does it still exist?
Incidentally, are there still any substantial Bolingbroke remains extant in Canada or elswhere? Or are they all under restoration or on display now?
I think if you had to pay for a ride in a Spitfire it would empty most peoples wallets sufficiently to substantially reduce their weight in any case!
Don’t forget to buy your raffle ticket from the Blenheim Society Stand.
First Prize: – Tr9 Spitfire ride.
You never know…!!! 🙂
Aaagh If only!!
Obviously dispersing the collection would be a absolute last resort but sometimes however unpallatable the prospect, worst case scenarios have to be considered. I think the term is ‘damage limitation’.
Thanks Andy. I will keep my eyes open for one although I have never seen one yet.
Hi,
Looks great. I hope you don’t get some guy turn up with a geiger counter though as no doubt we would in good ol blighty!
It would obviously be a great shame if the museum were forced to close and I join those on this forum in hoping that this is not the case.
However, should the worst come to the worst there must be some sort of contingency plan to save as many of the airframes as possible. For example could not one of the Shacks go to Duxford to replace their badly corroded one? Assuming it is in better codition than theirs. I suspect the smaller airframes would be easier to find homes for.
Hi Andy,
As has already been mentioned by many others on this thread, well done for this sterling work. I personally think that identifying those that lie under ‘unknown airmen’ markers is important and I share your opinion that many more are identifiable, albeit with an immense amount of work and dedication. In my experience with relatives of deceased airmen, the quest for information about a loved one has not diminished one bit with age or the passing of immediate family, there is a hunger for information from subsequent generations. One has only to look at the popularity of geneology (hope its spelt right!) these days. I am pleased that there are still an army of dedicated historian researchers who are only too willing to give up their time and knowledge in this pursuit.
Long may it continue!
Andy I mentioned before on another thread about listings of Commonwealth War Graves that are buried in plots marked as ‘Unknown Airmen’. You mentioned that there was a published list (from years ago) of all the plots and you may have had copies somewhere, did you mangage to find anything?
I,ve often wondered how many relatives of lost airmen would be willing to give a DNA sample into a data base so that if and when human remains are found it could possibly lead to a positive identification of the body. I guess the cost would be prohibitive.
It just seems such a shame that the knowledge and technology is there to do such a thing, but it is not at present applied on many occasions as far as I am aware.
The same thing could also apply to the families of missing WWI soldiers.