Will it …won’t it ????

Twas my understanding from the original notice issued that the group was intending to perform a feasibility study on the aircrafts engines with a view too starting them once again and from there to possibly taxi the aircraft around the airport, no information was given at that time as to why they wished to do this.

Since this time hysteria seems to have swept the forums with all manner of wild and woolly dreams being aired so without wishing to pour water on those heated dreams a small taste of sanity might be in order.

They have announced they are looking at the engines to see if are safe to start and how much work would be required to achieve this aim, from there a full survey of the airframes systems will be needed to be undertaken to asses what work is required to rectify years of deterioration so that a start can be undertaken then on to the ancillary systems required to taxi the aircraft, again a lot of work just to get the brakes operational again, 15 million is a conservative estimate to attempt this work.

Top this off with the question, not if they can do it but should they even attempt to do it considering this airframe is a museum piece, retired from service and parked up for that expressed purpose, a very large ornament for people to gawk at, take endless pikkies of and remind them selves of the days when the aviation industries of both involved countries was not so timid and could produce such icons of imagination.

I would love to see it fly once more, but have to resign myself to fact that it never will.