Hawkinge staff border on paranoia though; during a visit once I tried taking a picture of the three Hurricane repros outside, but I got told not to by the bloke in entrance. When I asked why not, he advised me about theft of artefacts. I explained that I wasn’t about to arrange the theft of a full scale mock up of a Hurricane, but he just got surly, so I dropped the subject. I had heard prior to my visit about the museum staff’s attitude to photography there.