Its very hard for East Fortune to just dump stuff. If the Vanguard mock up is not signficant they could make a case to remove it from the collection. However if this was to happen other museums would be offered it first with throwing it in a skip the last option. East Fortune should be prasied for at least saving two of the airframes. It is a real shame they could not take the Trident as well. It is not possible to keep everything and BA had to prevent it becoming a long drawn out saga. Give it a year or so and very few people will remember the BA collection at Cosford.

Thats good, no doubt it time we will see things like the Spitfire wings etc dragged out of the sea re-appear on display at East Fortune. Radar enthusiasts will also be pleased that the rare Type 14 that was reported as scrapped in 2003 has also been saved. The APSS wil be pleased that “their” aircraft the Auster and Miles Monarch will be going back on display. Not to mention the “dumping” of stocks of paint that could have been used!