Hi Phillip,

Your quite right Transport types in general don’t tend to be well represented in preservation. When arguably by far the the biggest impact that aviation has had upon humanity is the way in which it has revolutionised transportation and shrunk the globe. Therefore it seems right and proper to have a museum dedicated to this aspect of aeronautics.

I would suggest that any such museum should go beyond just military transportation and include civilian types and activities as well; exhibits could include everything from the Berlin Airlift, through famine relief to sick bags and airline catering (now there’s a thought).

Steve.

So what would be top of your wants list; mine would be all in 1/72 –

Really good Tiger Moth and Stearman
BAC 1-11
DH Dove
Late model Anson

Steve

[B][SIZE=4] I don’t see much wrong with it “glorifing the American war machine”

Surely glorifying any war machine is wrong, war means people die, real people that is not actors on some Hollywood celluloid.

Of course we should remember and honour those who have died to protect our freedoms; we should also endevour to study the roots and causes of armed conflicts in the hope of avoiding such loss of life in future wars.

But when we start to turn such momentous and horrific events into pure entertainment then we are already on the slippery slope to repeating history’s mistakes. The people who gave their lives deserve any film about them to be an accurate and fitting memorial to their sacrifice NOT a cynical money spinner.

Steve.

Hi, Question:

With a lot of aircraft migrating into Aerospace, presumabley quite a bit of space will be freed up in the other hangers. Does anyone know or have any ideas about which if any aircraft will be moving into this vacated space?

Personnally I would love to see the other airlinners under cover, surely there must at least be room for the Herald and/or hopefully the BAC 1-11.

Steve.

On the basis of 25DegSouth’s post can I add Short Shetland to the Short’s flying boat family?

Steve

I seem to remember being told by Mike Russell that G-MOTH had a glider towing hook fitted, as he also had a number of vintage gliders including I believe a Kranich II this would seem logical.

Steve.

Just a guess here, I notice that their are also a number of Blue Lorraine crosses on white backgrounds; I’m pretty certain I have seen these used in conjunction with RAF roundals on Free French aircraft (I think the Airfix Blenhiem had such an option on the original decal sheet) – so question did any Potez 25s escape to the UK at the fall of France and serve with the Free French?

Also I think the RAF style roundals with Rred stars are Yugoslavian markings.

Don’t know what the funny ‘S’s are or the black, yellow and green roundals. could someone enlighten me?