Dornier Do 17 News – Feb 2016
“The next phase of conservation is to allow the aircraft metals to breathe again after spending 73 years in salt water – this is the advice given to us by project advisor Prof. Mary Ryan, Imperial College. The conditions Mary advised was a stable environment where the temperature and humidity doesn’t change too rapidly. To ensure that the aircraft doesn’t suffer deterioration from the changeable weather we are experiencing this winter it was decided to cover the 3 large aircraft sections with tarpaulins and place a dehumidifier inside to locally control the relative humidity”.
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/things-to-see-and-do/dornier-17-conservation.aspx
By: Creaking Door - 19th February 2016 at 19:44
1940?
By: David Burke - 19th February 2016 at 13:05
There were sections of the Dornier pictured outside a while ago. I think the real damage was done a long time ago!
By: TonyT - 19th February 2016 at 12:08
Sabre they are inside I believe, so the tarps are simply to create a localised environment to control their humidity one would have thought, instead of having to do it to the whole building.
Thought one would have thought a couple of RAF 12 by 12 tents nailed together would have done similar.
By: Sabrejet - 19th February 2016 at 11:54
Tarpaulins sound a bit rickety: seems a shame that something a bit more permanent/accessible couldn’t be arranged.
Think I shall try to get a look in November.
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February 19, 2016 at 10:55 am