…the link in the OP doesn’t seem to have anything relevant to the RAFM…
It linked to a story in the Barnet News that seems to have since been removed. Here is the text, recovered from a cached version of the webpage:
“THE director-general of the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye, has retired after five years in the post.
After gaining a degree in aeronautical engineering from Imperial College London, Mr Dye, who retired at the end of August, served in the RAF for more than 35 years.
He spent most of his RAF career in aircraft-related engineering appointments, which included overseeing the deployment and support of the Jaguar force during the 1990/91 Gulf War, for which he was made an OBE.
While with the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, he led the aircraft division responsible for the repair of the RAF, Royal Navy and Army fixed wing and rotary fleets.
Paying tribute, a spokesman for the museum, which has sites in Grahame Park Way, Colindale, and Cosford in the West Midlands, said: “Peter Dye has overseen a period of transition at the museum in a challenging financial environment while increasing income streams and reducing costs.
“In addition to undertaking much of the preparatory work for the forthcoming First World War exhibition, he successfully led the recovery of the last surviving Dornier Do-17 and introduced a regular programme of new exhibitions.
“His successor (yet to be appointed) will have the opportunity to take the museum forward as it approaches the centenary of the Royal Air Force in 2018, building on the strategy that Peter has helped to put in place.
“His retirement will enable Peter to focus on writing and consultancy work.” Mr Dye could not be reached for comment at the time of going to press.
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