dylan the rabbit Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Interesting story. Amazing what turns up in the most extraordinary of places.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6577629.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil @ Flory Models Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Reminds me of the time a WWI plain was found in a barn (can't remember where) That was sold in a action. The new owner found it covered in hay and chickens But no one new it was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 That's just brilliant, innit? It looks absolutely amazing... where is it going to be displayed? I missed that, or didn't they say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Well, the Imperial War Museum restored it, so I guess one of their sites.. Hendon probably? Love this quote: "It is thought that the DH9 will be far more successful as a museum exhibit than it was as a bomber. During the war many had to ditch behind enemy lines because of engine failure." Champion.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT40Graham Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I think that one of the "best" finds of recent years, also in India, was the Battle of Britain Hurricane R4118. If you haven't read the book it is worth doing so. Regards, Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 I think that one of the "best" finds of recent years, also in India, was the Battle of Britain Hurricane R4118. If you haven't read the book it is worth doing so.Regards, Graham. What was the name of the book? Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT40Graham Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 What was the name of the book?Cheers, It was simply "Hurricane R4118" by Peter Vacher who was the chap that found it, now restored to flying condition. From the pics that I've seen it looks very authentic although I haven't seen in it in the "flesh" so-to-speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeEaton Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Amazing Imagine finding something like this under your floorboards Purely out of interest, any reason why the government doesn't keep plans of aircraft? I thought they'd have a big filing cabinet in which all the plans for aircraft go...just incase. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Purely out of interest, any reason why the government doesn't keep plans of aircraft? I thought they'd have a big filing cabinet in which all the plans for aircraft go...just incase. That would involve foresight, something which successive governments have proven themselves incapable of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miduppergunner Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 That would involve foresight, something which successive governments have proven themselves incapable of... Curiously not quite the case. The Maritime Museum in Greenwich has a Draught Room (actually a Building) containing plans of ships going back to the 17th Century to the present day (some classified still) - and some are simply beautiful - imagine however the 1:48 drawings of a battleship - yes 1:48 scale - stretxhed for miles-the draughtsman must have walked miles himself during preparing the same. Imagine the same thing however for aircraft. I know because I worked there as a volunteer for a while - until sacked!!! David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I know because I worked there as a volunteer for a while - until sacked!!! Ooooh, whatever it was you did, it must have been bad to warrant sacking a volunteer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osher Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 My sister has an amazing story, quite surreal actually, and it happened a few weeks ago... She's a student at Princeton University. The university has an estate for married couples, which used to be an army camp, made up small wooden bungalows (I suspect it was officers quarters). Anyway, under my sisters house, which is slightly raised off the ground, was a locked area. As the university needed to carry out renovations, they broke into this area under the house. What they found there astouned them, and is quite surreal: Two helicopter engines, from the 1940's, which the army, apparently, has been looking for, for the past 60 years! At first they were thought to be bombs, so the army disposal team were brought in. The engines are now at the Smithsonian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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