I’m Backing ENGLAND…

I’m glad one of you lot has the courage to show your true colours!

It might be best to go straight to BBMF, as apparently they are quite easy to communicate with. Apparently they are still holding on to the 16th for first flight, but it will be a tight one. Apparently these new fuel tanks are made in China? No irony there!

I’m not trolling. By definition a troll is somebody that is arguing a point they don’t personally believe with the intention of deliberately angering other forum members.

Forum members that keep ****ting soundly on any museum that tries to make any meaningful changes to frankly dull display practices could be trolling, by your definition. The notion that any museum that isn’t simply a shed of aircraft is somehow a theme park is prime trolling.

I’m more of an inconvenience, because I’m arguing counter to what many on this forum seem to think comprises a good museum, and this forum seems to enjoy hearing the same crap ad nauseum, rather than entertain dissenting views. There are several websites that detail the UK’s various aviation museums. Beyond Duxford, Cosford, Hendon etc there are several large museums with interesting collections and a lot of small museums with assorted jumble, clutter and scrap metal. I sense that some of these museums accept any old junk due to the hoarding tendencies of the ‘curators’, and not because they actually serve much of a purpose as exhibits. These museums might be favoured on these forums but, judging by Trip Advisor, they aren’t popular with the general public, who ultimately provide the income for these sorts of places.

More generally, I think what this forum considers a good museum, and what the general population consider a good museum, might be completely separate things!

I’m not offended by Britten-Norman’s actions here. I do wonder how differently the story might have been portrayed if BN were in the Remain camp. I find it mildly amusing, as BN seem to be bumbling and bungling with their Brexit campaign, and that their public engagement is so ****-poor that nobody has much of a clue as to why these aircraft are in the sky in the first place. The Romanian link makes them look a tad hypocritical.

Britten-Norman have been trying to get people to Tweet them, so they have somebody on their payroll who monitors social media.

I found a modern image on Warbirdregistry.org:

Not sure about the high-gloss blue and green finish! I’m in favour of returning the aircraft to the red paintjob. I feel that these early display warbirds are a bit like Flying Scotsman; you have to acknowledge the importance and history of them after their initial service was over.

I had a flick through the Aeroplane article when I was waiting for a train. It seems sad that G-FURY was lost in an accident and that G-HUNT is now relegated to a museum piece in fairly rough condition. G-FIRE appears to be the best of the three, albeit with that paintjob. The showman element that Spencer Flack brought to, and with, these aircraft seems to be a bit absent in modern airshows.

Will it be at Legends? Err…. no!