LIFE-SIZE MODEL AIRPLANE STOLEN FROM NETHERLANDS MUSEUM: "An air museum is appealing for information after a model of a fighter plane disappeared from its garden. The 1:2 scale model of a F104 Starfighter jet belongs to the Deelen Airbase Museum near Arnhem. The museum hopes that New Year pranksters rather than metal thieves are to blame. A note left at the scene said: "Fly away. See you next year." The museum's chairman said he would very much like the Starfighter back - and with a full tank . Edwin van Brakel told AP that it was a mystery how thieves could have moved the model without being noticed, as it is about 10m (33 feet) ong and weighs around 500kg...."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16265602
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
12/20/11 LIFE-SIZE MODEL AIRPLANE STOLEN FROM NETHERLANDS MUSEUM: "An air museum is appealing for information after a model of a fighter plane disappeared from its garden. The 1:2 scale model of a F104 Starfighter jet belongs to the Deelen Airbase Museum near Arnhem. The museum hopes that New Year pranksters rather than metal thieves are to blame. A note left at the scene said: "Fly away. See you next year." The museum's chairman said he would very much like the Starfighter back - and with a full tank . Edwin van Brakel told AP that it was a mystery how thieves could have moved the model without being noticed, as it is about 10m (33 feet) ong and weighs around 500kg...." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16265602
