Thanks all for my gentle introduction…..
Also managed a recent visit to Cosford, where the 707 & VC-10 looked very tatty indeed.
In my (very humble) opinion, a vast sum of money appears to have been spent preserving too many Concorde’s. It would be a very great shame if we end up with lots of preserved Concorde’s but no Herald’s, BAC 1-11’s and VC-10’s etc.
Have been very impressed with the work done to look after Trident ZK.
I know this is really asking far too much and perhaps not living in the real world. However, would the preservation movment be better off trying to look after “old airliners” at one facility, where the manpower and knowledge to maintain them could be focused. Leaving say Duxford to posess a more period feel.
Having worked in the UK Charter airline industry for over 20 years now, I would hate to see the old British airliners disappear completly.
How about expanding still Manchesters collection of airliners….finding a big field etc, getting local aviation companies involved etc ( I guess thats “pie in the sky thinking”)
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