Trak-Tor, Malta is a very laid back place. The stuff I photographed in open storage is round the back, and down the side, of the museum. It wasn’t hard to find, and it isn’t roped off or anything like that. Nobody from the museum seemed bothered that I was round there, including the person doing some gardening at the back of the Hastings cockpits. Being a Brit I guess I’m used to the idea that I should always ask first, and that by default I probably shouldn’t be poking around in the storage area of a museum. In Malta this isn’t the case!

Likewise, I attended the static display at Luqa last year. I had paid for some sort of shuttle bus between Valetta, Luqa and ‘Smart City’, where the flying display took place. I waited to be issued a wristband, which allowed me to see the static display. After half an hour of waiting, and endless shrugging from the officials, I still didn’t have my wristband. I simply started walking around the static display. I was never challenged! Quite astonishing, given that I was walking around on the ramp at Luqa airport and went onboard a USAF KC-135 (etc).

In terms of other things to spot, there are a few BAC 1-11s on the dump at Luqa, as well as a gutted out Dash 7. I think this is pretty easily accessible, as I’ve seen close up photos of it from many different angles, but I’ve simply forgotten where it is! There is Canberra WT483 within the airport, as well as the remains of a SA Bulldog trainer of XX691 and a lot of WW2-era artillery, all of which is dumped to the North East of Mqabba, within the apex of the two runways at Luqa. I’ve seen a couple of photos of this area, so I don’t know how readily accessible it is:

There might still be a BAC 1-11 at the fire training facility at Hal Far, alongside a helicopter of some sort.