Subdeacon Joe Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 A short video at the top of the page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25665313 "It went out of service in the mid-1940s." Gotta love the gentle way the Brits phrase things.
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 More like "forced" out of service!
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 I'm floored they can restore that wreck. I can't image the level of craftsmanship involved.
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 And this begs the question....when does something go from being restored to a built recreation...If it has 1 original part in it, is it restored? A major component like an engine? The Airframe?
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 BJ, the rule for boat restoration is that if the part is added to something recognizable as the boat, then it is a restoration and not a re-creation. I've seen a boat with a new deckhouse, completely replanked, with many new frames, and just some of the old keel considered a restoration. In that way a ship like the USS Constitution continues to exists even though there are more new timbers than not. However, the Dornier restoration is going to have to stretch that definition....
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 "Relatively intact" has different meanings to different people, also "looks as good as new" might have questions to some. Lafitte
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Looks like a goodly portion of the frame is still there. Some of the skin. Much of the landing gear. Might be as much as 65% to 70% of it there.
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 As it's the only one extant at this time, don't think it matters much what they call it
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