Reply With QuoteThe frame still looks pretty good... are they going to restaurate it or just display the wreckage?
Heinkel He-115B/C lifted out of the water.
A Heinkel He-115 was lifted out of the sea yesterday. It sunk after a hard landing during the war, 1 kilometer from the base at Stavanger airport, Norway. The hangar at the base, is an aircraft museum today, where the Heinkel will be displayed. It is finally coming homeIt is the only original HE-115 remaining in the world today.
Video
http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lo...s-2982873.html
The frame still looks pretty good... are they going to restaurate it or just display the wreckage?
Is this at the Sea port close to Sola?
They have a nice collection of planes there. I think they have a Me 109 aswell.
Apart from the missing no. 2 engine and the floats, it looks like to be in a remarkable shape. Very nice!
They will dismantle the aircraft in 5 pieces, and put them in a fresh water tank for 2-3 years. The wreck is in such good condition that expect they will be able to screw it apart. It will be decided later what to do with it, but the museum got both a spare engine, and original floats.
Originally Posted by Insane Tadpole
Yes, the museum is only 1 kilometer from the terminal at Sola airport. The museum is also restoring Me 109 Gustav version, Arado 96, and Ca****i Ca 310. All very rare or unique today.
does anybody know what that is supposed to be good for? Obvioulsy the salt water has to come off, but that can be done with a pressure washer or a garden hose ...
It's not only the salt from the salt water, obviously
But there are also a lot of minerals, chemicals and other stuff that have penetrated the aircraft's metal... Almost impregnating it after such a long time
putting it in fresh water for a long time causes that stuff to dissolve once more, but now from the inside out...
If you just left it in open air form nearly 70 years in salt water all the stuff will work its way out and completely and utterly destroy the metal
I think it's explained when you look up the Wiki on the Mary Rose and the ship from Sweden...
After years at the bottom of the sea, it's possible that the metal's been corroded. A pressure washer could punch a hole right through it like it was tissue paper. Better to be careful.
There are salt between the plates, and between other parts that would be very difficult to clean with a hose. Over time this salt would crystalize and press the plates and parts apart.
makes sense, interesting.
Jeez I remember building an AMT 1/72 kit of this as a kid.
A very good news.
When looking at the restored Heinkel He-111P (today's only survivor of this early variant of the bomber), one can be sure that the Norvegians will do again a very great work (all the more they already got the missing parts).
Among the other aircraft on restoration or planned to be restored in Norway, there should be also, If I don't mistake, a Junkers Ju-88A and a Petlyakov Pe-2.
Very neat, thanks for sharing.
That's awesome, I hope they do indeed restore it.
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