Is anyone able to provide a status regarding XH558 vis-a-vis a possible move (without any political statements)? I’ve seen talk of it ‘definitely’ moving, which seems naive, given that “scrap and bury on site” is an option, no matter how daft it sounds. In other words, nothing is ‘definite’ until it happens. I’ve dismantled and reassembled aircraft ranging in size from Meteor to C-130, so I know what can be done, notwithstanding the availability of manpower, resources, cash and an airframe that’s designed to be taken apart and reassembled.
So sensibly the options would seem to be either ‘dismantling’ (as far as possible to allow rebuild elsewhere) or scrapping and hopefully saving some big bits. Incidentally, somehow ‘dismantling’ has started to be used for aircraft which are obviously being scrapped, so can we use terminology that won’t confuse the issue?
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