David Burke! – Like I said, if you read, all aspects of trying to get the aircraft undercover are being looked at. Now, when the BP P111 was delivered to the museum, the large building we have was not as then built. The museum was then run by enthusiasts and not under the management that it now is and I totally agree with you, why the hell do we have a T33 commonstar in there and not a one off extremely rare example like the P111, ask the so called enthusiasts that put the thing in there!! Now David, I’m like you. I’m all for the P111 to go in the main hanger. I’ve even said, why don’t we take the T33 apart and put it outside so we can get the P111 in but at this time, that is one of many ideas we are trying to come up with for getting it inside. Time, manpower and cost are all things we have against us, but I can assure you we are doing our utmost. You only have to look at all our other exibits outside to see how they are all progressing for the better and people know we do our best and can see the progress, but it takes time. We don’t have concrete paths wide enough to pull these aircraft easily around the site, it’s 90% grass and soft earth in places. If we tried to drag the P111 now it will only be a matter of a few feet before it dug in! Plus you have to take in consideration, their is are two rather large aircraft we need to strategically move around called a Vulcan and and Argosy. So, before we even think about getting it inside, we have the rather annoying job of seeing how we can move it without causing any damage to it or any other of our valuable aircraft, because they are all valuable to us!
I think the best thing you can do is come to the museum and speak to the manager or chairman and voice your opinions to them and see what they say. You may walk away with a very surprised look or your tail between your legs.
We are used to people going on about this subject, but funnily enough when it comes down to it, nobody every seems to want to help…………I wonder why? 😡
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