rjwood_uk

sorry to steer off topic a bit here but seeing all those pics of helecopters i remembered the one you have. do you have idea how much it is worth or how much it would cost to make it opperational again?

wonwinglo

***Richard,it is only the front cabin section,completly gutted when they robbed her for spares,it is my largest aviation artifact but totally beyond viable restoration to do anything with,if I had the space,won the lottery then who knows what could be achieved ?

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rjwood_uk

well you could turn it into a car? lol, if they can make road legal cars out of sofas and bed im sure its worth a try!

wonwinglo

***Or I could grow mushrooms inside for my breaklfast !

Nigel.D

what you should do is try to restore it as a replica cockpit then be able to shut the doors and spend an hour quietly contemplating

wonwinglo

***Oddly enough Nigel,the chap who I purchased it from had intentions of making it into an Heinkel 111 conversion,how about that for a vivid imagination ?
If only I had enough room such as a field because over the years there have been loads of relics come my way,on the TV today a chap had a Westland Scout helicopter sitting on his small holding.

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FARNBOROUGH
With Farnborough airshow around the corner once again here is something to remind ourselves of the fine aircraft industry that we once had,see if you can identify some of the aircraft in this nostalgic picture.
Here is something very different,a flashback to Farnborough in the sixties taken by Dave Peace,the SBAC shows are a far cry from the ones held then when British products were the prime reason for this prestigious event,some aircraft just getting in by the skin of their teeth having fulfilled the test flying time in order to appear,it is a great snapshot of Farnborough airshows long since gone but never forgotton.

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Only slightly discouraged after suffering some minor setbacks, the crew working on recovering a historic aircraft from the depths of Charron Lake is certain the airplane will arrive in Winnipeg as scheduled, later this month. Known as the Ghost of Charron Lake, the 1928 Fokker Standard aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on the lake, 310 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg in December of 1931. Bush pilot Stuart McRorie and mechanic Neville Forrest safely escaped and were helped by aboriginal trapper Tom Boulanger before being found by rescuers two weeks later. Their airplane, which had been enroute to Island Lake with mining tools, slipped through the ice the following spring before salvage efforts could be made.
For nearly 75 years after its descent into the deep, rocky-bottomed lake, the historic plane eluded search teams, earning the nickname the Ghost of Charron Lake. Finally, last summer, a search team succeeded in locating the airplane's skeletal remains using sophisticated side-scan sonar equipment.
Since the beginning of July, that same team, joined by other experts from across Canada, has been working on the remote lake to recover the plane. Originally owned by prominent Winnipeg businessman James A. Richardson, founder of Canada's first commercial airline, Western Canada Airways, the Fokker has been regarded by historians as an instrumental part of opening up much of Northern Manitoba to human activity and industry. Once exhumed from its watery grave, the single-engine, open-cockpit plane which is thought to be the only remaining salvageable Fokker Standard in the world will be returned to Winnipeg where it will make its permanent home at the Western Canada Aviation Museum.
After spending the past year formulating a detailed strategy to raise the Ghost plane, the recovery team has been forced to revise those plans after it was discovered that predetermined lift points on the plane had disintegrated during its nearly 75 years underwater.
It's still coming up, said project team leader Patrick Madden, a retired RCMP sergeant adding that the recovery process has also been hampered by unruly weather and equipment problems. We're just having to find new ways to lift it up out of the water.
With the elusive aircraft resting in 120 feet of water, the team had hoped it would not have to send scuba divers down. Instead, they had hoped on using two Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to do the deep-water work for them, using the sophisticated machines to attach cables to the plane's lifting lugs. The aircraft would be slowly raised to just below the lake's surface, and it would be towed to the lakeshore and lifted by a boom onto a specially-built platform. Helicopters would then lift the entire platform to an airport in Deer Lake, Ont., the closest airport able to accommodate the C-130 Hercules tasked with transporting the bush airplane to Winnipeg.
With those original plans scrapped, an experienced crew of deep-water scuba divers has been called in. They are set to arrive on Saturday, pending the availability of a hyperbaric chamber, a piece of equipment used by deep-water divers to treat decompression sickness. They will dive to the airplane's grave, examining it to see if new lift points can be established. If not, they will begin the arduous task of attaching slings under the aircraft that will be used to lift the skeletal frame to the surface.

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The crew of the Russian Antonov An124-100 aircraft loaded up a stack of trailers in support of the 492nd Fighter Squadron's deployment to Bulgaria on Tuesday at RAF Lakenheath, England. The squadron will work with their Bulgarian counterparts during Exercise Immediate Response, a two-week training event kicking off July 19.
An Antonov AN-124-100 aircraft dominated the flight line onTuesday, while crewmembers and airmen loaded it with equipment in support of the 492nd Fighter Squadron's deployment to Bulgaria.
About 150 airmen from the 492nd deployed to the Balkan country early Tuesday morning to take part in a two-week training event, dubbed Exercise Immediate Response, which will give the American airmen a chance to work alongside their Bulgarian counterparts.
Troops from the 1st Armored Division, U.S. European Command and the Romanian military will also take part in the tri-lateral exercise.
Roughly 800 military and civilian personnel are to be involved in the exercise, which will incorporate a variety of ground vehicles and aircraft,ten F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets from the 492nd are slated to fly to Bulgaria later this week for the exercise, which kicks off July 19.
Lt. Col. Troy Stone, commander of the squadron's deployed forces, said he looks forward to training with the Bulgarians.
Most of our aircrews haven't seen or flown with a MiG-29 or MiG-21, so it's a good opportunity for the young aircrews to actually see the aircraft we typically train against.
The squadron plans to test-fire laser-guided and general-purpose weapons at a Bulgarian range, as well as conduct air-to-air training with the Bulgarian MiG-29 and -21 aircraft.
The 492nd aircrews are currently awaiting permission on whether they will be allowed to pilot a MiG aircraft as part of the exercise.

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Another trip to catch up with the latest imports at Wellesbourne.

G-PERZ a very smart looking Jet Ranger at Wellesbourne 15-07-2006,the device just above the cockpit is a cable cutter,should the helicopter fly into cables then the knife edge does its work,there have been scores of accidents to helicopters that have flown into various types of cable,the blade stops the rotors getting tangled from unseen cable strikes.
The algae forms on the cable and turns them green thus blending in with the background,many cables are also strung across water and through trees thus presenting a real hazard.

MC Airs Diamond Twin Star DA.42 which appears to live at Wellesbourne,seen here on 15-07-2006,this design has taken twin engined training by a storm,many flying schools now equipping with this carbon fibre machine,they sound great in flight.

W.N.Dores G-OWND R.44 at Wellesbourne on 15-07-2006

G-EGGY R.22 on maintenance at Wellesbourne 15-07-2006

G-KTOL R.44 Clipper with its rather odd looking pontoons at Wellesbourne 15-07-2006

G-OLFO R.44 at Wellesbourne on 15-07-2006

G-GGRH R.44 with taped on registration at Wellesbourne 15-07-2006,the two new Irish Robinson R.44's are just behind.

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