Wasn’t there a B707 fuselage in one of the Cardington hangars for smoke hood trials (I haven’t got access to my W&R here)?

Interesting the reference to consternation among U-2 pilots about high flying aircraft over Iraq. The UAVs must have been high 😉

I think you will find that there are IATA (and ICAO) technical specifications which have to be followed when operating specific types of aircraft into terminal facilities and that it is absolutely not left to chance and a tape measure

Such incidents that have occurred in the past at terminals have been due to these specifications being ignored by the airport or the aircraft operator

I have seen pictures of battle damaged A-10s being buried in the sand

In the restaurant at the western end of the terminal and the tail fin used to be up on the roof. Number 27 from memory. Maybe they moved it all, as it’s a few years since I was there last.

I was thinking, didn’t we discuss this recently? But I see discussion was terminated…

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=96026&highlight=CUSS

I visited here on 1/11/64 – was involved in pulling flexible tanks out of Firebrand wings to read serials etc.(No – I can’t remember why!!) but DID NOT OWN A CAMERA then, to my eternal regret.

Glad you found your way here at long last…

Before I went the tour organisers were not sure if anything would be there for us to see as there was development all around.
Just before my visit vandals set fire to the IL14.
As for the canopies they have just been left open
John

I was offered the Il-14 as part of the deal and was told they would make it airworthy (for an unreasonable amount of dollars). They just kept jacking the price up and up.

After it all collapsed I discovered they had previously tried to sell the aircraft in China but interest there had disappeared after similar increasing demands.

I also recall multiple “interests” behind the aircraft which was a problem even for the principals on the museum side.

Sad sad sad