I have just visited the museum web site and there is talk of their excitement about the Lightning and are asking for voulenteers to help ‘dismantle’ it, I wish no disrespect to the museum itself but from viewng the site one wonders with intrepidation just how the ‘dismantling’ will take place.
It looks like a fairly low budget affair and one wonders if they have the resources or funding to handle such a task, One only has to look at the sorry state that XP706 has been in for the last decade after a succession of owners and several moves have left this airframe in a poor state, only now after a move to Doncaster Air Museum does her future look safe.
I digress…..ZF584 was once a fine example of the beast but was left to rot in the open air by a company that paid her little attention, lets just hope that when she is moved there is little damage done and she gets the attention she deserves!.
It is a good thing that she will be preserved and not end up in the same fashion as XL391, lets just hope that her transportation and re-assembly are swift and successfull one, I wish all the best to those charge.
John.
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