Yeah nice, just needs all the perspex replacing and maybe one or is two bits of framing replacing…

😀

There is no bombbay as such. the video I have about it’s reconstruction
shows that the used L-shaped wooden formers to give the idea of closed bombbay doors. The fuselage interior is fully fitted out.
It’s simply a magnificent exhibit and night events such as East Kirkby would
be magical.
Cees

Especially if the BBMF could be persuaded to bring their Lanc up for a sleepover 😀 what a fantastic sight that would be.

You have to remember though that a British soldier (any western soldier really) is paid a whole lot more then a soldier in China, India or Russia. Therefor the Chinese, Indians and the Russians can spend a greater share of their overall budget on buying/developing equipment. Next to that are secondary expenses that are taken for granted here and laughed at in other countries. I would imagine the barracks in the UK to be more pleasant then those in China, same for medical treatment, but also the over-all level of training.

And that’s even before the military operations overseas are added in the mix.

That’s not to say there ain’t a whole lot of waste in the defence department of the UK. Or any western nation for that matter.

Even the US seems to get better VFM than us, though i suppose economies of scale will have some impact.

Given the blatant corruption in arms procurement in the US, it does make you wonder what is going on over here 🙂

Being used for spares = in service? Interesting.

Bits of them will be in service 😀

A friend of my grandad flew Stirlings and then transferred to Lancasters and then later onto costal command Liberators. He preferred the Stirling to the others, calling it “more of a pilots plane” iirc.

Next thing will be an ex Nigerian Air Force Stirling!:D

That’s where it went 😀