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Oops, just remembered there's another one................
Posted by Cees Broere on Sun Feb 08, 2004 08:59:05 AM
In reply top Re: Napier Sabre Engines posted by Cees Broere on Sun Feb 08, 2004 08:56:55 AM
......... in Germany. I read in Aviation Classic that a group there recovered a Sabre in battered condition from a Typhoon crash site.
Cees
: Dave,
:
: There must be at least three Sabres in Holland. We used to
: have two (both trawled from the sea) but sold one of thes
: e to a third party. The museum in Liefelde has another one
: recovered by the Dutch AF some twenty years ago, it was o
: n display at Twenthe until its recent transfer to the AVOG
: group.
:
: Cees
:
:
: : Are there any of these monsters in running condition?
: : : Are there many of them out there? I've seen them at Du
: xf
: : or
: : : d and RAF Hendon, any where else. How about the States
: ?
: : :
: : : Thanks,
: : So far I have managed to document about 24 Sabre engines
: r
: : anging from recovered to V.Good potentially running cond
: it
: : ion. Most are in the UK but there are examples in Franc
: e
: : (3+), Belgium (1), Holland (2), Switzerland (1), Canada
: (2
: : ), US (1), New Zealand (1) and there may be one in Austr
: al
: : ia but I haven't followed that one up yet.
: :
: : Dave