corrals etc

pity I could not get to Duxford because I would have walked right into the corrals and stood there ignoring anyone who protested. You see you have as much right to do this as anyone else. No one has gained the right to prohibit your entry onto the public sections of the airfield. It is just the wrong attitude for people to claim they have a right to a self proclaimed area by putting up there own flimsy barriers.Its a totally selfish view and the small kids should be at the front.

pleased to read that you have already realised how important it is to have the destination arranged before the recovery. And also that the museum understands conservation. I recall that several ex Sunderland engines recovered from Plymouth Sound were on display at Blagdon Pines…Torbay air museum, they gradually corroded away.

The largest marine recovery on display in the UK is the Halifax at Hendon. Several of the recovery team who dived in awful conditions in Norway to effect this salvage were very saddened by the lack of restoration while at Henlow. In fact they were also very very angry with the transportation team who hacked the airframe into sections when they got it up intact.Several airframe techs on the dive team offered to help correctly dismantle the airframe and were told to mind their own business.

underwater

forget the English Channel for aircraft wrecks,low vis, currents, heavy shipping movements . Instead think about the Baltic,inland Lochs, Lakes,coastal bays and the Med.

geography for Rob

The West part administered by Indonesia is known as Irian Jaya, the East is Papua New Guinea fomerly adminstered by Australia. The track record of actual PNG recoveries is fairly good eg P61 from very high on Cyclops Mountain, several P63s which are now flying.P47s now in the USA and for sale as projects.

people types

Oh dear, this highlights the stark reality of different types of people in this world.

You may have been lucky enough to meet the helpful aircraft owner or enthusiast for whom the very fact fact that you are really keen is enough to start a friendship.

In contrast are the types who have no interest in co operation and just refuse to be reasonable because they that is the way they live life.

Sadly this is how the world is populated so we all have to get used to it. Unless you are forced to have business with the difficult obstructive people then just move on and stick to dealing with the affable aviation people.

Pics of Strathallan collection

Here is a link to a cd which has coverage of the collection plus other events in Scotland around that time.It looks good, I wonder if anyone has seen a review?
http://www.enygmag.com/aviation/classthumbs.htm

Dealing with management

Well Bomberboy its very common in large organisations to get this problem. Given time and the right approach to the right person many good things will happen. Sadly many of us run out of time and do not know how to find the right person who can make things happen at short notice.
I am not making excuses just saying that this is not confined to IWM but afflicts all sorts of companies.

The only way round it is to foresee possible photo pospects several months ahead then get suggesting. The railway photographers have been doing this for years, they even set up special events to re create bygone scenes.

Thankfully in this instance several people put in effort at short notice and produced a good line up.My thanks to all those who could be bothered.