Not trying to insult anyone’s efforts here guys, but personally I don’t really see the point in keeping cockpits.
I think all the individual efforts and dollars/pounds put into saving a few cockpits would be much better spent saving one or two complete airframes, in my opinion. At least if whole airframes are saved there’s a chance in the future they could be returned to the air, where they belong.
Fine if it’s a starting from scratch replica like the B17 that started this thread or the Stirling replica in Holland. But “killing a plane to save it’s brain” is not good preservation in my book. I know you all differ on this so I’ll shut up now, and await your scorn…
As Stuart has already said, I would not have expected this sort of nonsense from someone who has made over 3,500 worthwhile contributions to this forum.
There are aircraft types, and certainly particular marks, that exist only in cockpit form nowadays. Would you prefer that the entire aircraft be allowed to be scrapped and therefore lost forever? Seems a peculiar attitude for someone with an interest in historic aviation. You seem to be under the impression that aircraft are scrapped for their cockpits. As others have already pointed out that is certainly not the case. Thank God someone is able to save something from these aircraft – I’m sure many cockpit restorers would love to have saved the entire aircraft but that’s generally not an option.
I think all the individual efforts and dollars/pounds put into saving a few cockpits would be much better spent saving one or two complete airframes, in my opinion. At least if whole airframes are saved there’s a chance in the future they could be returned to the air, where they belong.
So how exactly is that going to work then Dave? How would that be organised? How would you persuade an individual to spend their own money in that way? Frankly, if I choose to spend my own hard-earned cash on saving and restoring a cockpit section that would otherwise be smashed to pieces, then it’s nobody elses business other than my own.
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