I visited in May this year and had to sign a disclaimer to the effect that the pictures I took were for my own personal use, could not be published, sold or even displayed on the net including these forums.
I did go into the storage hangar and agree it is very dark and most exhibits are crammed in very tightly with barriers in front. The Islander had just arrived from Cumbernauld and was still under a tarpaulin awaiting reassembly. I thought it might have been going to be put in Loganair colours but apparently it is going to be in the colours of the Scottish Air Ambulance.
In the main hangars another thing that goes against the photographer is that instead of having boards in front of the aircraft giving information they have large drapes hanging from the ceiling which obscure a good clean shot of the aircraft.
It was good to see the Concorde G-BOAA under cover which is the only one of the British Airways examples that is. (But that’s another debate) It is a very tight fit on the top of the tail and the tail was refitted after it entered the hangar so there is no way it can ever come out of the hangar again without dismantling the aircraft or the hangar. It would have been nice if it could have been taken outside on selective summer days for pictures.
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