Usual load of hype. Made a big fuss about it being one of four possibles but seeing as it was in the mooring area and one of the four sank at moorings during a storm I wasn't too surprised when they decided that that was the one. Got all excited about it being a Mk 1 and the earliest Sunderland still in existence. Rotting away in salt water doesn't rate as being in existence to me. They plan to conserve and display a well rotted Bristol Radial when there are probably several presentable ones lying about and they would like to recover and restore the airframe. Can't see why when they couldn't retain the fully serviceable flying example in this country.
Mike W