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In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa. The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed. Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island. By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt. Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey — still in perfect condition. A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!
1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机在瓦立斯岛坠毁。那是南太平洋中一个偏远的岛屿，在萨摩亚以西很远的地方。飞机损坏的程度并不严重，但是，多年来这起飞机失事已被遗忘，飞机残骸也没受到破坏。于是，到了1989年，飞机失事26年后，在对小岛的一次航空勘查中，那架飞机意外地被再次发现了。到了那个时候，状况良好的兰开斯特轰炸机实属罕见，值得挽救。法国政府派人把飞机打包起来，分成各部分运回法国。一群热心人士计划修复这架飞机。该飞机装配有4台劳斯莱斯的默林发动机，但是他们只需要修复其中的3台。想想他们拆开包装箱时有多么惊喜：第四台发动机“甜得像蜜一样”，而且仍然完好无损。 一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。
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