Only known surviving Dornier 17 to be raised from the English Channel

JU_88 · 05-03-13, 04:41 AM

Cool, I hope they restore it - although its not really clear in the artical

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...ery-grave.html

And its destined for a new Home at Hendon RAF museum, little more than an hour from where I live..... excuse me but I think one of these is in order

Jimbuna · 05-03-13, 06:31 AM

Will certainly make another trip to Hendon worthwhile

BossMark · 05-03-13, 06:36 AM

Hope they can restore it

AVGWarhawk · 05-03-13, 07:18 AM

I can not recall seeing a aircraft that was not restored when displayed at any museum I have visited. Effort to recover the craft is enough to warrant a full restoration. I would think the aircraft would get a proper restoration down to every detail. Many years it will take but it will be done IMO.

Herr-Berbunch · 05-03-13, 07:26 AM

Here is the original thread hereabouts of finding it with the plan to raise it. I'm glad it's got this far, and obviously a full restoration would be great.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182331

And two more.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182351
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182408

And some BBC videos of it -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22394606
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22386431
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380915

Jimbuna · 05-03-13, 07:46 AM

I notice the Germans aren't too hopeful regarding its condition...aluminium and salt water certainly don't compliment each other.

Herr-Berbunch · 05-03-13, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I notice the Germans aren't too hopeful regarding its condition...aluminium and salt water certainly don't compliment each other.

No, but the aluminium oxide doesn't flake like iron oxide, in fact it forms a nice skin which acts to protect the rest of the aluminium from the water.

AVGWarhawk · 05-03-13, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I notice the Germans aren't too hopeful regarding its condition...aluminium and salt water certainly don't compliment each other.

I'm thinking those involved are not hopeful for great condition but enough to warrant a restoration. Many aircraft here in the state have been restored with much of nothing left that resembled the aircraft. Perhaps the ocean life that lives on the surfaces(coral) protected the aircraft to some degree?

05-03-13, 04:41 AM	#1
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Only known surviving Dornier 17 to be raised from the English Channel Cool, I hope they restore it - although its not really clear in the artical http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...ery-grave.html And its destined for a new Home at Hendon RAF museum, little more than an hour from where I live..... excuse me but I think one of these is in order

05-03-13, 06:31 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Will certainly make another trip to Hendon worthwhile __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Hope they can restore it __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

05-03-13, 07:18 AM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I can not recall seeing a aircraft that was not restored when displayed at any museum I have visited. Effort to recover the craft is enough to warrant a full restoration. I would think the aircraft would get a proper restoration down to every detail. Many years it will take but it will be done IMO. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-03-13, 07:26 AM	#5
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Here is the original thread hereabouts of finding it with the plan to raise it. I'm glad it's got this far, and obviously a full restoration would be great. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182331 And two more. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182351 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182408 And some BBC videos of it - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22394606 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22386431 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380915 __________________

05-03-13, 07:46 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I notice the Germans aren't too hopeful regarding its condition...aluminium and salt water certainly don't compliment each other. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!