Will J…..no reply to my Inverness request, so I assume you are all booked up for 2007 ?

While the general public seem surprised that Mr Jackson knows about avaition matters, it is no surprise to classic aviation enthusiasts.He did an excellent job bringing the LOTR trilogy to the screen despite early concerns from many fans. The same considered approach will be applied to the Dambusters film.

Nashio , I realise that you have every good intention but sometimes you have to take being rejected and shift your enthusiasm to somewhere else.Surely there are existing museums in your area who would welcome help. Life is too short to waste time after a rejection like that and I know of plenty of examples where owners just leave historic items to rot,it is their choice. So put your energy into a place where enthusiasts are active.

Coventry timewarp

Mention of the Heron makes me recall the adverts in the back of Flight International when Shackleton Aviation were based at Coventry. The present line up of based older aircraft types would have been for sale by them way back in the sixties.

Was this the one hung outside Leicester square cinema to promote the film Shout at the Devil? I had a big shock when I saw that , and no camera.

The early pics of nose art will not make a big difference in my view, the official press launch reaches far more people than a few internet specialist sites.
The really important fact is that despite all sorts of pressures on finances we still have a unique RAF heritage flight in the Uk with support from many areas.

I never take for granted all the work both paid and unpaid, physical and mental which goes into keeeping our heritage in the air, well done all concerned.

I was astonished to see how much was stored, it is a dream many of us have had, the biplane in a barn, untouched.Especially because I have travelled many miles in the uk following up rumours and always arriving to be told
“To late mate, they took the bits to the scrapyard a few months ago”
well something along those lines.

Certainly an impressive rebuild, well done.

Garry you are not correct. Exposed high ground wrecks have mostly reduced in size of remains over the last 50 years.Not just the few that have had official recoveries carried out. The mid Wales P 38 is one example, Great Carrs Halifax another, Lanc in the Monadliths.

What ever I write, you will still stick to your own view. And I will continue to say that as much as possible needs to be recovered and put into safe keeping, yielding parts for rebuilds, static or flying and display cases. Recover, conserve and display, tell the story of the crew,, the parts bring the story to greater life.