They have lost two in about 4 days, takeoff  and   landing incidents not flying the tail , no rudder authority

The reasons are the wages of these people allegedly running such ventures its not a volunteering thing any more from what I can see the passion overtaken by the wage and normally comes with ‘ I have a degree don’t you know’ 

To me this is how it works these days, owner operators with their own money and some good helpers other than that its money wasting

The old days as we knew it all long gone and you cannot run a museum without a degree, magic

Barrrrr Stewards, sorry the no lights thing does not wash, you are giving a warning to people they may be being watched, also lights coming on stop them working away at locks etc with the cover of darkness, flood the place with lights they dont come out when the sun is shining do they.

Cheap cameras with memory cards in, for less than 30 quid, alarm systems for less than 200, personal attack alarms on trip wires cheap cheap cheap protection they will run a mile

15k damage that alarms and lights would be a deterrent  for less than 500 quid

I hope they catch them and retrieve the stolen items

John what an achievement and what a jig, you all should be so proud of this you can actually see the Stirling coming out of the ashes.

Well done and thank you.

Gorgeous, looking at that last image there looks a lot of plumbing work to do yet, lovely looking Spitfire.

anything for size context ?

part two could be from a TR11 54/55

Bob