I remember when this Herald and the Comet nose were on the aviation enthusiast spotters balcony at Gatwick airport terminal, the aircraft was always open for inspection inside including the cockpit. I taxied past the Herald the other month and it looked a sordid state covered in green slime. It’s not a sexy aircraft I agree but but it represents an era when Britain had a great aviation industry across the board, Handley Page, Vickers, Bristol, Blackburn, Avro, De Havilland, names long lost in the current era of Airbus and a Boeing but should not be forgotten. Good luck to the organisation who wishies to preserve her.
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