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Re: Hampden Rebuilds - Flak?

Posted by PeterA on Tue Oct 01, 2002 07:20:40 AM

In reply top Hampden Rebuilds posted by Gareth Sharp on Tue Oct 01, 2002 04:22:40 AM

No flak from me. I think the Canadians have done a tremendous job with a modest budget. I remember seeing the remnants, recovered from salt water, at Vancouver back in 1986. Who then could have imagined that those highly corroded chunks would form the basis of the exhibit we see today.

: One thing that does seem strange to me about some of these
: posts is that there is a lot of flak about having sent th
: e Hampden nose out to Canada. The Canadian project was the
: first one that had any chance of producing a complete air
: craft and they have done a fantastic job with it (although
: it would be nice to see it go back inside). Having one fi
: nished item is much better than lots of piles of bits. The
: IWM was took a lot of flak the Halifax nose which they wo
: uld not release to the YAM so I guess you can't win. The U
: K has probably benefited far more from the generosity of o
: ther countries towards our aviation heritage than we have
: given in return so less of the sour grapes.

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