We certainly have agonised over the possibilty of a joint acquisition ever since it’s disposal became a certainty, but as Matt says trying to plan for such a thing is rather difficult when a) it’s 250 miles away making even viewing it a costly excercise, b) the option of bidding on it as a whole is realistically out of the question owing to the astronomical transport costs you would incur should negociations with local scrap dealers come to nought and c) with no guide price the 4 hours driving could be in vain within the time it takes for the first bid to be made!
I think the best option is to hope someone with the necessary financial and logistical means secures the whole airframe and does with it as they see fit, which we would hope includes at least saving the nose to be kept by themselves or passed on by means of sale or loan.
Let’s not forget that hasty acquisition before proper planning of “ways and means” is at least partly what got the Canberra and indeed many other airframes within the collection into the predicament they are now in!
I guess we shall see it’s fate in due course..
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