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Re: Aviation Archaelogy in Britain still alive?
Posted by Ron Henry on Thu Nov 14, 2002 01:00:43 PM
In reply top Re: Aviation Archaelogy in Britain still alive? posted by andy saunders on Wed Nov 13, 2002 06:25:20 PM
: : Hi all,
: :
: : Any news on recoveries in Britain are very meagre. Can a
: ny
: : one tell me if aviation archaelogy is still very much al
: iv
: : e and kicking in the UK? Or have all crashsites been inv
: es
: : tigated.
: :
: : Cees
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: To an extent it is, Cees. But most of the more worthwhile
: sites were looked at from the mid 60's to 70's! Not much
: news percolates out, it seems, and I think a number of th
: ose involved dont publish what they find. To an extent som
: e of thos involved have gone "underground" so to speak - n
: o pun intended. In addition, apart from a few websites, I
: dont think the Aviation Archaeologist or Wreck Review publ
: ications are still going and FlyPast long ago killed off t
: he Aviation Archaeology section. That said, Aeroplane seem
: to be taking a keener interest in the topic if the subjec
: t matter is of sufficient interest. In many respects I th
: ink the sphere of interest remains an important one in his
: toric aviation, warbird rebuilds, museums and the warbird
: field generally. I sure agree it would be nice to have a b
: etter awareness of what is going on generally around the U
: K - after all, we did leave a few sites untouched after th
: e rush of the 1970's!! Andy Saunders.
Dave Smith (an air traffic controller at Liverpool)wrote a good regular column in the old Aviation News for several yrs. When Avn News went to the wall and was bought by Air Pictorial and merged with it, Dave continued to publish in it. I see that Air Pic has recently been renamed to be Avn News, and I expect that Dave still continues to contribute.
Nevertheless, as Andy suggests, I expect that much of UK is "dug out" !