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Re: Is there a place for aviation archeology on this forum???

Posted by Steve Young on Wed Nov 14, 2001 08:56:44 AM

In reply top Is there a place for aviation archeology on this forum????&# posted by Cees Broere on Wed Nov 14, 2001 06:41:46 AM

: Hi all
:
: The topic about what aircraft we would like to recover got
: me thinking. Most of the thread concerns substantial wrec
: ks being hopefully worthy of restoration, and almost nothi
: ng about recovering wrecks from the ground.
:
: What is the general idea of this forum, is it
: just talking, and looking for substantial wrecks and encou
: raging each other to have them recovered, or is it about w
: arbirds in general including aviation archeology?
: Because that is what we're doing mostly in Holland. Lookin
: g for substantial wrecks is also what we are very interest
: ed in (in fact I have this dream to recover a complete air
: craft someday and the chance to do so is getting closer an
: d closer) but over here we mostly encounter the remains of
: these great aircraft which have hit mother earth at high
: speed, instead of gently ditching on a calm smooth watery
: surface, just waiting to be lifted.
:
: Is there an interest on this board about complete aircraft
: in 10.000 pieces, or should I just continue about underwa
: terwrecks etc.?
:
: Just curious as ever
:
: Cees

Hi Cees,

I think any information on this topic is worth sharing, whether it's offers of help with recoveries, advice to other recoverers, or even just as reminder to us of the sacrifice made by those who flew the aircraft. I certainly read all the posts about the Dutch recoveries with interest, and I'm sure many others do too, regardless of whether it's a complete airframe or just the last few shattered fragments. In some ways, the shattered fragments make it even more poignant.

I'm wondering though, whether it's worth creating an additional forum. One for Scott to comment on perhaps?

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