Hendon would have been great if the airfield wasn’t sold off and built on. Now there is little to show that it was an airfield at all trapped between the railway and not the nicest housing estate. Wouldn’t have been big enough to land the largest aircraft either.
Cosford has the room the expand but the runway is too short -or more truthfully, lacking that safety margin to land larger aircraft in. What will happen when the Sentries, Airseekers, Voyagers and other large RAF aircraft are retired? Will one of each need to be dissassembled for transport to Cosford at great cost, or will some or all be missed, like the Tristar, only to be regretted at some future date.
Then there is the question the museum being split between two sites meaning neither can tell a comprehensive history of the RFC/RAF. There is also the expensive transporting of airframes from one location to the other (not to mention the disquiet that causes on this forum and others).
I’ve alway felt it would be a stronger museum on one site. But I am aware that is really never going to happen.
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