I agree with Air Ministry, they have tended to avoid the issue of the bomb bay names from the first round of fundraising….. oh and I wouldn’t give them a penny – there are far more deserving projects.

What I have an issue with is people reading between the lines to spread malcontent.

They are terrible communicators, BUT the have, for once, NOT said “Give us your cash or we’ll sell it to America”. What they have said is that they want to put two plaques in the aircraft – one during the winter sevice and another representing a flying season. They have not stated that if we don’t donate, they cannot fund the service.

So where does this statement say that a) they don’t have the money to do the service, and b) That they haven’t started?

Dead right. maiden don’t swear (although thy did say S**t in ‘Holy smoke’ back in the mid ’80s..). The crowds are generally well behaved. No violence, unlike the old Sepultura gigs! Take him there, enjoy!

“One difficulty encountered when using these alloys is the ability to contain them. All of the alloys which are liquid at room temperature contain gallium. Gallium is corrosive to various metals, especially when hot. As the temperature of the gallium is raised, it becomes increasingly corrosive, reacting through thicker layers in a short amount of time. One metal which gallium is very reactive with is aluminum. It will corrode through .002″ thick aluminum foil within hours at room temperature, and at 500°- 1000°C, this reaction becomes much faster.

Gallium is non-reactive with other metals however such as molybdenum, tungsten, and nickel.”

Read more: http://blogs.indium.com/blog/indalloy#ixzz1ArSOn1mV

Over a (short) period of time, the mercury an aluminium oxidise to form black powder deposits as the corrosion. Its nasty and the only way to repair it is to remove the affected areas of aluminium. No danger of anyone purposely ruining an aircraft like this… firstly when was the last time you saw a mecury thermometer in a shop?…. they ain’t made any more…. Secondly, its a cargo hold item only.

Mercury spillages are almost impossible to clean up since the droplets spread like ball bearings an you can’t pick the damn things up! A strong vaccuum is the best bet…. THEN remove the affected areas of aluminium…..

This link is quite useful…:

http://avstop.com/maint/corrosion/ch7.html

Picturefrom here:
http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/basicdesign.php

Lockheed Constitution

edit… damn.

Best bet is to contact the BAPC secretary via the Website – he’s normally pretty quick with the replies and he will furnish you with all the informaqtion you require….(or I’ll ask him on Monday if I remember).

Its not intact, and certainly not preserved, so can it really be called a survivor? Looks pretty dead to me…