Re: A little something in the Sahara!
Thanks for that bud!by Scout
It looks like it didn't get to Volandia until 1993. I'm sure it was discovered in around 1970, perhaps it wasn't recovered until 20 odd years later. I remember reading that an American fighter bomber was nearby, but it was never found.
Regards, Ned.
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Re: A little something in the Sahara!
I don't know a lot about warbirds, but you could be right! The downed one that is the subject of this thread has what appears to be a radial engine in it. The one here in this wiki also has a radial engine, and this model apparently saw service with the RAF. These were known to be in Iran, so it's not out of the realm of possibility that that's what this is...
The trouble, though, is the exhaust ports in the plane in the thread here is in-line as opposed to not present in the wiki photos.
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Re: A little something in the Sahara!
A couple of vids have surfaced of the Egyptian army removing the ammo.
Crush Air plane 1 Movie.mp4 - YouTube
Definitely real! I just wonder what happened to the poor pilot.
Re: A little something in the Sahara!
Fantastic!
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Here's the other one. I find it very worrying what the future holds for this aircraft. Note that already in this second video the ring sight in front of the windscreen appears to have already been ripped out. If it's gonna survive, action is required immediately...
Crush Air plane 2 movie.mp4 - YouTube
Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: A little something in the Sahara!
Good bit of deep delving there Ian, i think that ensures case proven as to being the real deal, the desert does'nt have to be all sandstorms and high winds, like the movies, there are areas that see very little heavy sandstorm activity and a gentle wind can remove sand over time until very little remains, as we see with the rock being exposed
Re: A little something in the Sahara!
I really dont know, i think its a genuine find.
I dont think its possible to reproduce or model that damage and the burned paint.
Is there any more info about the plane?
Re: A little something in the Sahara!
Hi Nuno, checkout the videos, at post 33 & 35.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: A little something in the Sahara!
Had not seen that.
Oh, seeing that, i share the same concern as Ned.
Someone save that plane.
Cheers.
Nuno
Re: A little something in the Sahara!
Indeed!
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