Buried treasure at Kenley Airfield?
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Originally Posted by POBJOY
in the sixties we had a seafire at kenley for a while as part of the RAF display for one of the royal tournanments.i think this was a griffon model,and was used in a BOB tribute it being able to be rolled into the arena (wings folded through the doors) (lights off) (prop turning) (electric),and towed across the arena (wings down) by a hidden cable,with suitable engine sound effects.
i saw them practice this for weeks near our ATC hq,and then saw the actual event at earls court.
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i saw them practice this for weeks near our ATC hq,and then saw the actual event at earls court.
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Currently still on display at the FAA Museum.
PeterA
kenley seafire
thanks for that mk22, i saw it earlier in the year at the peter twiss day,but did not realise it was the same one.
glad it survived,but what happened to all those hurricanes (come on someone)
a late user of kenley in the sixties was a french vatour that landed there by mistake thinking it was b/hill.this was during the arc to arc race,and it trundled through the fence (very flimsy )on to the common.it flew out soon after, so that is not in the dump either.
there were also various aircraft panels,and odd control surfaces/parts of aircraft structure made in to camps by the local kids in the woods that were part of the common.some of these had german markings on them, and could have been left over after the (angels one five film),or were film props.
if we had been old enough to drive, and the transit van had been invented no doubt we could have extended our limited store of bits!!
the damaged merlin engine at duxford out of tom gleaves hurricane had been discovered many years before it was recovered,but even four cadets could not carry it out back to kenley where it had taken off from in 1940.
glad it survived,but what happened to all those hurricanes (come on someone)
a late user of kenley in the sixties was a french vatour that landed there by mistake thinking it was b/hill.this was during the arc to arc race,and it trundled through the fence (very flimsy )on to the common.it flew out soon after, so that is not in the dump either.
there were also various aircraft panels,and odd control surfaces/parts of aircraft structure made in to camps by the local kids in the woods that were part of the common.some of these had german markings on them, and could have been left over after the (angels one five film),or were film props.
if we had been old enough to drive, and the transit van had been invented no doubt we could have extended our limited store of bits!!
the damaged merlin engine at duxford out of tom gleaves hurricane had been discovered many years before it was recovered,but even four cadets could not carry it out back to kenley where it had taken off from in 1940.
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Originally Posted by Dai Rear
The private Strathallan collection was sold off in the early 1980s. Does anyone know what became of the Lanc?
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Originally Posted by Lou Scannon
I was talking to an old friend last night about this "buried aircraft" nonsense
His last job before de-mob and return to our employer was to unpack crates of Merlins, knock a hole in the side of the crankcases with a sledgehammer and bury them.
I can't remember the airfield he was based at and he has passed on so I can't ask him. But he was no aviation anorak with fantasies of buried treasure, he was an engineer lamenting the ruination of engineering masterpieces.
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My late father, who had connections with RR at Derby, told me of unused Merlins in crates being dumped in a quarry and buried. Unfortunately, I don't know where.
My late father, who had connections with RR at Derby, told me of unused Merlins in crates being dumped in a quarry and buried. Unfortunately, I don't know where.
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is showing that the dig has been postponed
Phil K
is showing that the dig has been postponed
Phil K
