my own thoughts
Visited the wonderful new Jet Age Museum at Staverton on Sunday. It perhaps represents both ends of the spectrum of this discussion. By the way, this is not in any way intended as a criticism of this wonderful and very welcoming project. We have rarely had a warmer reception at any museum – even if the hangar was a little cool – although things are in hand apparently.
Fantastic individual fund raising effort to get where they are
Wonderful reproduction of the Gamecock – but as they said on Sunday – many of those responsible have now moved to a higher plain (?plane)
They’re getting their Gladiator frame next week – but how long before it is completed – and will there be the skills to complete it?
There are now three Meteor T7s in the collection in addition to the F8 and NF13 – surely more than one of one type spreads limited resources too thinly – unless they can perhaps use one to reproduce an F3.
My own current experience of restoring a simple wartime 10cwt trailer is that you can still find the craftsmen to turn, forge or fabricate parts but they seem few and far between now (although I managed to find most within a 1 mile radius of home) and those that are there are either approaching retirement and can’t find people to take over or are rushed off their feet and have way too much work for the limited resources available
The RAFM apprentice scheme is a way forward – but as others have said progress at the MBCC does seem glacial – and a way needs to be found to accelerate progress whilst maintaining standards.
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