vee-tail-1
29th Mar 2014, 22:13
Bit of a mystery this ...
Walking in the Preceli hills near Rosebush in Pembrokeshire last Thursday. I came across a Socata Rallye cockpit canopy, probably from a later model Rallye. It was lying in the grass and the only damage was a fist sized hole in the left side rear lower corner of the Perspex. The frame and locking handle seemed undamaged, and fairly clean. No identifying markings that were visible. Hard to estimate how long it had been lying there, but probably months rather than years, since things get covered in green moss if left for any time around here.
No one in the village knows anything about it ... one old guy in the pub thought it might have come from the Liberator which crashed in 1945!
No sign of the rest of the Rallye aeroplane so it's a bit of a mystery.
Perhaps someone lost a canopy on route to or from Haverfordwest?
Or was there a forced landing in the Precelis recently? ... Lots of very straight and flat logging roads to land on.
If no one claims the canopy it may well end up covering someone's rhubarb patch! :)
Walking in the Preceli hills near Rosebush in Pembrokeshire last Thursday. I came across a Socata Rallye cockpit canopy, probably from a later model Rallye. It was lying in the grass and the only damage was a fist sized hole in the left side rear lower corner of the Perspex. The frame and locking handle seemed undamaged, and fairly clean. No identifying markings that were visible. Hard to estimate how long it had been lying there, but probably months rather than years, since things get covered in green moss if left for any time around here.
No one in the village knows anything about it ... one old guy in the pub thought it might have come from the Liberator which crashed in 1945!
No sign of the rest of the Rallye aeroplane so it's a bit of a mystery.
Perhaps someone lost a canopy on route to or from Haverfordwest?
Or was there a forced landing in the Precelis recently? ... Lots of very straight and flat logging roads to land on.
If no one claims the canopy it may well end up covering someone's rhubarb patch! :)