Sorry I don’t want to hijack this thread therefore left my reply for a number of days,. The mention of Manchester airport and seeing the pier brings back good memories.
Yep Starliner from memory was published on a photocopying machine each month. It listed all the movements and trip reports. I remember Gresty and there was an older guy as well who always accompanied him? I went by the name of “Turkey” and was chuffed to find on one occassion that I was credited in the publication for providing “movement details!” Great anorak days which I miss! My ultimate moment in time was landing at Manchester on a Spantax CV-990, if only I can relive my youth again! Long live the days of the Aviogenex TU-134’s with glass nose cones and Tarom Il-18s whch were regular visitors!

Tom,
This is a paragraph I have cut and pasted from another recent thread which I replied too, may be of help to you.

Have you tried the Research dept at RAF Hendon, over the years I have written to them many times ( 15 or so odd occasssions) requesting pictures or pilots notes of various cockpits WWII to Post War and each time they have come up trumps and sent through the post exactly what I wanted (They charge a small nominal photocopying fee of a couple of pounds) Just log on to their website http://WWW.RAFMUSEUM.COM click on the research section and just fill in the query box. Remember to quote the variant type or mark type of aircraft you are looking for. Give them a few weeks and you should have something through your door with a small invoice. The only time I have been refused is when I asked for some Canberra PR9 cockpit diagrams a few years back and they were unable to do so due to it still being classified material (were still in active service). Good luck.

Have you got any of your cockpit to post Dave?

The Vulcan has gone to a private collector in Yorkshire and I think it will be strored privately for the time being, although he does have other cockpits on display publically at museums, I have sold him some interior panels and finstruments for this aircraft and as far as I am aware his intentions are to restore the aircraft. Fingers crossed.

Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, I would leave it in its original paint, clean the panel up with a bit of 3-1 oil and soft cloth. The paint work and every scratch is part of the panels history and in my opinion (not that you should follow suit) keep it as original as possble. You may also find it easier to sell in the future as one of the questions buyers ask when buying panels is if it is still in its orignal paint work.
If you decide to re paint, there is some great advice on the discussion forums of http://www.internationalcockpitclub.org.uk
Enjoy your new projects!

What does that mean? It’s from a different wreck?

Interesting and sad reading, thanks for posting this;