At old Warden yesterday it was announced that the LVG was staying at Old Warden until 2008, was this a mistake, misread?. It was definitely said as I was with 2 others who heard the same.
Was this why no great shakes were made about the LVG yesterday, supposedly being its last public display.
By: Willow - 9th October 2003 at 15:00
Hopefully later, but somehow I don’t think so.
If the agreement was terminated by Shuttleworth, is it possible that the LVG (which has been airworthy for some years now) would soon need some major, and therefore expensive, restoration work to keep it airworthy, and that the best option was to hand it back to the RAFM who would only need to do enough work for static display?
Good to know that they intend to restore it to as close to it’s original condition as possible, though. The restoration work carried out by the RAFM these days looks to be world class.
It’s a sad loss for Old Warden though. The only genuine WW1 German aeroplane still airworthy was quite something.
Willow
By: philo - 9th October 2003 at 14:05
He does not say when, I assume its sooner rather than later.
By: philo - 7th October 2003 at 07:59
Any ideas anybody, anyone well in with Hendon.
By: SE5AFAN - 6th October 2003 at 13:31
Very interesting. This was the original date for the end of the LVG’s flying career until the RAF museum decided to bring it forward, maybe they have changed their mind, lets hope so.
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October 6, 2003 at 1:03 pm