David, would it not be wise to mention it? maybe the yard would get calls re the aircraft but maybe just maybe one call would be from somebody that is genuine about purchasing the aircraft to restore it. And that one genuine caller has then saved an airframe or maybe just the cockpit , which lets be honest is what we are all wanting to happen isnt it?
I understand what your saying dont get me wrong, but Im seeing both sides of the argument and dare I say playing devils advocate but if we do make people aware of an aircraft, maybe mentioning it might stop that something being lost for ever.
On the contrary, do you recall this very forums own efforts to save the Shackleton in Cornwall earlier this year ?
The scrappie in question was extremely fed up with so called “anoraks” ringing up & turning up. So much so, he started charging £100+ per person per viewing.
This ‘history’ of tyre kickers, made it very difficult in the end to convince him we were at last the ‘geniune’ buyers he sought, and to a certain extent also put the asking price up as he paired one interested party off against another.
This is why we pooled resources (not just £) so that everyone backed off, and just one delegation went in to barter & conclude the deal.
To the scrapman its just a lump of metal worth some money. His goal in life is to get more money, as much as possible by hook or by crook, so the softly softly approach needs to be taken.
Another recent example is the Blackpool Vulcan nose. It passed from one neandorthol to another and lasted as long as it did because they assumed that we’d save it no matter what, and the asking price just escalated far beyond what it was worth.
Cheers………
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