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Sent his by a person we know, aircraft dragged out of a ststaion tip and repurposed.....cool garden feature.!!!

 

Also in the garden a helicopter and mac truck   as repurposed planters.!!!

 

 

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There's a shed at Brandon near Ayr that has the tail section on the roof at 45 degrees and looks like it smashed into the roof. Don't an image but some one on the forum may post a image.

Similar one at Winton airport ( or was) 

 

 

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Macca's in Midland, W.A., had a DC-3 in their yard for kids to play on, for years and years, back in the '70's and '80's. Then it was "rescued" - but it still ended up in another blokes garden! - in Myalup.

 

[/url]https://www.realestateplus.com.au/2016/05/remember-when-2/

 

https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/classic-dc3-completes-aviation-enthusiasts-plane-collection-ng-b88751633z

 

 

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I made a rare aviation discovery recently, in the backwaters of a small country town in W.A. This was truly an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime find. 

 

It's a little-know fact that during an earlier period of low demand in the automotive industry, the well-known commercial truck builders, Vauxhall-Bedford, turned their hand to the construction of helicopters.

 

The design criteria was that the machine was to be built utilising as many Vauxhall-Bedford truck components as possible. While sounding a bit outlandish, there was some degree of merit in the criteria.

 

Of course, as this was during the Cold War period, the whole project was hush-hush, and these Vauxhall-Bedford helicopters were designed, built, and flown in secret, and few people have ever seen one.

 

However, it appears at least one of these ultra-secret helicopters escaped destruction by the British MOD - and somehow, it was smuggled (under cover of darkness, obviously) to this rural location in W.A.

 

Even now, visitors are discouraged from inspection of it, and it is difficult to spot it, unless you indulge in the cunning habits of the paparazzi. I did exactly this, and I hereby bring you a photo of this extremely rare machine.

 

It is obvious that the machine has been abandoned in a great deal of hurry, as they left all the refuelling arrangements in place. It would be interesting to discover the reasons behind this sudden abandonment.  :cheezy grin:

 

 

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