Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 19, 2005 17:52:00 GMT 12
In the March 1980 issue of NZ Wings, DJD (whom I'm sure was David J. Duxbury) has revieved the then-new book 'Pacific Aircraft Wrecks' by Charles Darby.
In the review DJD mentions "A smattering of survivors from the interwar decades also sit silently on abandoned airstrips - a Ford Trimotor, Junkers 52/3M, Fairey IIIF, Handley Page W.9 and a Boeing 40H (not all illustrated)"
I wondered, have any of these been recovered or attempts been made? Especially the Fairey IIIF.
That book is so rare, I have tried to find a copy but have only seen one, in the Cambridge Library. I went in recently after many years of not seeing it, and checked their catalogue. No longer available so someone must have bought it for a song in their bargain ex-rental bin. I hear it's worth a fortune. Even when published it was $23.95 retail, which was a lot in 1980.
In the review DJD mentions "A smattering of survivors from the interwar decades also sit silently on abandoned airstrips - a Ford Trimotor, Junkers 52/3M, Fairey IIIF, Handley Page W.9 and a Boeing 40H (not all illustrated)"
I wondered, have any of these been recovered or attempts been made? Especially the Fairey IIIF.
That book is so rare, I have tried to find a copy but have only seen one, in the Cambridge Library. I went in recently after many years of not seeing it, and checked their catalogue. No longer available so someone must have bought it for a song in their bargain ex-rental bin. I hear it's worth a fortune. Even when published it was $23.95 retail, which was a lot in 1980.
