QUOTE “Realistically, we must look at other Heralds handed over to Museums have had funds spent/wasted on them. resulting in the odd nose around the countryside.”
The examples at Woodley and Duxford have had much effort lavished on them and are fine exhibits. The funds spent and efforts of all of the volunteers involved are greatly appreciated. If museums and collections only comprised “crowd pullers” the understanding of technology and aviation development would be based solely on the Spitfire and Concorde! Civil aviation has a far lower profile than military in the preservation world but to represent the more complete story of aviation is just as important.
There have been preserved Heralds which have succumbed to corrosion (such as that at Elvington) and for safety reasons were scrapped with only their noses surviving. That doesn’t mean this latest initiative should be condemned. If a proper assessment deems it is restorable as an exhibit and a location can be found plus a viable plan to secure and look after it can be put together, then all power to their elbow.
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