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YAM, Halifax Friday the Thirteenth, debate

Posted by Cees Broere on Mon Nov 17, 2003 01:37:38 PM

Hi all,

We all know the stories and the opinions in warbird land about the Halifax restoration that Yorkshire Air Museum carried out during the late eighties and early nineties.

The major concern was that it was not a Halifax but a serial soup using a lot of fabricated parts, the wings from a Hastings and newbuilt tail and nose sections.

The tail was built by apprentices at BAe Brough, so was done in a good way. The nose was built by retired volunteers by using wooden frames and aluminium stringers and skin.

Now, suppose the IWM willing to give up their nose section from PN323 now on show at Lambeth and that was fitted to the Halifax airframe at Elvington. What would the general opinion regarding the authenticity of the airframe be then?

I am curious to what you think.

Cheers

Cees

Follow Ups:

Re: YAM, Halifax Friday the Thirteenth, debate - Steve T Mon Nov 17, 2003 07:35:47 PM
In a similar vein...How about resurrecting the Wellington?? - Steve T Mon Nov 17, 2003 07:59:41 PM
- Funny, that's exactly what I thought...... - Cees Broere Tue Nov 18, 2003 02:03:41 PM
  - Re: Funny, that's exactly what I thought...... - simonking Tue Nov 18, 2003 03:44:01 PM
    - Re: Funny, that's exactly what I thought...... - Steve T Tue Nov 18, 2003 08:00:32 PM
Re: YAM, Halifax Friday the Thirteenth, debate - Steve Young Tue Nov 18, 2003 07:53:07 AM
- Re: YAM, Halifax Friday the Thirteenth, debate - Cees Broere Tue Nov 18, 2003 02:06:19 PM
Re: YAM, Halifax Friday the Thirteenth, debate - Elliott Tue Nov 18, 2003 03:33:10 PM
- Elliott - Cees Broere Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:37:03 AM