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Re: Is there a place for aviation archeology on this forum???
Posted by Tony on Wed Nov 14, 2001 10:30:19 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
Yes there is.
Aviation Archeology, will gain incresingly in importance, as the people, "who were there" fade from the scene.
However, any aviation archaeolgy, should, thanks to adverse reporting in the past, be tempered with a genuine thirst for knowledge, and the sharing of that knowledge, not gracing the shelves of "private" collections , with no access to others.
Remember, a large part of what we do, is for educational purposes, and as such, each and everyone of us, bears a responsibility, to pass that information on, that others might learn, marvel and appreciate, at the sacrifices made, and the ingenuity displayed.
It started with a tentative flight in America, well actually, it was an Englishman, but we'll argue the toss later. 4 years later, a Frenchman flew the channel. 60 years later, we put a man on the moon. If we don't have Aviation Archaeology, museums, collections and flying examples, then how will the story be passed on?
Tony
: 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