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Airliner Preservation

Hi folks,
Looking at the plans for Duxford’s Airspace project and Cosford’s Cold War building,I can’t help wondering what will become of the airliners/transports which have been left out of them,particularly those at Cosford.As many of us know,it’s as good as impossible to garauntee the preservation of an outdoor airframe,particularly the larger ones.
I’m not complaining about these projects,I realise that they’re good news for the aircraft included in them,but in both cases it would be nice to see one or two more of the larger aircraft being included.Who else other than Cosford could house an Argosy?Who other than Duxford could preserve a Trident 2?There are currently no examples of either under cover.Then there’s the unique Comet 1 at Cosford which is surely deserving of some hangar space?
My hope is that the moving of some exhibits at Cosford from the existing buildings will allow something like the Comet or Argosy inside, although it’s hard to see Duxford being able to house any airliners in thier other hangars.
Does anyone have any inside info on what might take up the floorspace made available by the shuffling of airframes into the new buildings?

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By: David Burke - 10th January 2004 at 19:57

The RAF operated both the Britannia and Comet types successfully so I don’t really see why the machines in BOAC colours shouldn’t receive as much attention as the military aircraft that are going undercover. I would like the RAFM to acquire a Lodestar at some stage to show the contribution they made
to the war effort but I am not holding my breath.

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By: kev35 - 10th January 2004 at 19:37

Regarding Cosford I think the Argosy is slated to go in but the airliners are the resposibility of British Airways as I understand it. Cosford’s building will house more of Cosford’s outdoor airframes. I agree it would be nice for the airliners at both Duxford and Cosford to go under cover but it isn’t going to happen. I would expect that any space freed up at Cosford would be utilised by stored airframes from the RAF Museum Collection.

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