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Graham could you e-mail me off line n/t
Posted by Rob Rohr on Tue Oct 28, 2003 03:49:52 PM
In reply top Re: Archer Field Quarry posted by GMO on Tue Oct 28, 2003 05:32:44 AM
: Rob, guys,
: Since you asked, I can't add much to what appears about Ca
: rr's Quarry on Peter Dunn's excellent website.
: I first became aware of it as a kid around 1970. I was oft
: en at Archerfield had heard stories of P-39s, Fairey Battl
: es, a stolen Avro Avian (!), a wrecked B-17 plus jeeps, tr
: ucks etc. etc. When I started to learn to fly from Archerf
: ield in 1975 I'd look down into the hole which was directl
: y at the end of the 10-28 vector but could never see anyth
: ing. Friends and I used to talk about ways to find out wh
: at was beneath - perhaps hire a crane for a few hours and
: drop a grappling hook down to see what we could pull up. I
: f an Airacobra appeared at the end of the cable then we'd
: know it was worth putting some money into draining. When i
: n 1992 Terry Kelly started draining the hole it became ver
: y exciting but I have to confess to being disappointed wit
: h what came out of there. I had expected far more material
: and much more interesting material at that. There will be
: some more under the mud at the bottom, no doubt, however
: it seems likely the better place to start looking would be
: the smaller hole to the n/east of Carr's Quarry, filled i
: n the early post-war era. Now that would be good to dig up
: . A future project for someone....?
: Cheers,
: Graham O.