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  • in reply to: Airliners at Duxford. #850883
    Mike J
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    The one in the Museum of Flight Seattle was roaded all the way from Toronto to New York State for restoration, and then on to Seattle. A journey of around 3,000 miles.

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851031
    Mike J
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    Actually the Special Ops element came from Germany, the Woodbridge element was the rescue squadron.

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851081
    Mike J
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    They were only there for a couple of years in the early-90s, before flying operations at Alconbury closed down in early 1995.

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851133
    Mike J
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    Yes, there were 2 or 3 IIRC, which replaced the rather lovely Convair C-131s

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851139
    Mike J
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    The based King Air aircraft left about 10 years ago

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851170
    Mike J
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    It is Grade II listed, so I’m sure any planning permission for redevelopment would be contingent on preserving it.

    in reply to: Airliners at Duxford. #851178
    Mike J
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    Brooklands does have a long term plan to cover their aircraft with a ‘wing’ roof. Concorde, VC10, Vanguard, Viscount, 1-11 and the Viking do comprise a sizable ‘civil collection.’
    mmitch.

    As does the Museum of Flight in Seattle, who plan to put a canopy over their outside collection of large airliners.

    in reply to: Airliners at Duxford. #851319
    Mike J
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    But then, how would you move a Connie by road?

    Probably the same way they got it from Ireland to Wroughton in the first place!

    in reply to: B29 'Doc' (And Other B29s) #851413
    Mike J
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    The Australian Beaufighter restoration is being done by HARS at Albion Park, NSW

    in reply to: Airliners at Duxford. #851543
    Mike J
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    Has anybody made a sustainable, ongoing commercial success of a purely civil aircraft museum anywhere in the world? I can’t think of any. There is the Airline History Museum in Kansas City, but the place seemed almost empty on the couple of visits I’ve made there and I’m sure it isn’t commecislly sustainable without subsidised rent of the space that it occupies and a large pool of volunteer, former TWA, staff to run the place.

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851654
    Mike J
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    …..some biggish ( British) historic civilian aircraft…….some which might in the meantime be flown in to Wyton (also apparently ceasing flying and conceivably not needing its hangars) if necessary, as a holding exercise.

    None of the Duxford airliners are in any state to be flown again. Ever.

    Would a museum consisting of nothing but busses with wings be commercially viable? I would very much doubt it, even with a Concorde as a centrepiece.

    in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #851793
    Mike J
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    I suspect the days of Bourn as an active airfield will be numbered without some money being spent on the infrastructure. The runway and taxiways looked to be in very poor condition the last time I was there a few years back, and can only have deteriorated further since then.

    in reply to: Airliners at Duxford. #851796
    Mike J
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    They stopped adding to the collection about 20 years ago, so there are no examples of the BAe 146, Jetstream, Vanguard, HS 748 or BAe ATP in the collection.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #852167
    Mike J
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    Where the ugly shed full of rusty old tanks and the mudbath next to it sit now.

    in reply to: North Weald's DC-4s -What is going on ?? #852191
    Mike J
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    Walter Mitty appears to be alive and well.

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