Can’t help agreeing with the posters complaining about the situation with the airliners and the empty “Conservation” area in Airspace.
Surely it would be possible for the default setup to be the interior doors of Airspace left open, and the whole building used for display, with the public able to walk through? The flightline-facing end could contain a few large, durable aircraft such as (for instance) Victor, Viscount, Shackleton, and Ambassador, on permanent indoor display. Then, when the space is actually needed for a corporate event or repainting work, it would be relatively easy to close off the inner doors, and tow 3 or 4 aircraft outside to make space?
That way, several important types are displayed undercover and pushed outside occasionally, rather than vice versa, and IWM can continue to use the space to make money when they need to.
I’d have thought the reduced maintenance costs on three or four large aircraft would go at least some way to paying the costs of some labour and tug fuel for a few hours either side of an event…
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