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  • October 26, 2015 at 8:14 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #845817
    Dobbins
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    The T-33 also seems to be getting dismantled, with the back end off!

    Rob

    Are they not just removing the godawful suspension mountings?

    October 21, 2015 at 9:10 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #847925
    Dobbins
    Participant

    The whole project has taken 5 years including fundraising and the development of the website:

    http://www.americanairmuseum.com/

    Lobster

    I don’t see how the website links with the physical building. It only deals with WW2, particularly the Eighth AF.

    October 21, 2015 at 8:17 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #848022
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Any updates on the AAM building ?

    It will be interesting to see what (if anything) is different inside. Aircraft aside.

    Expect to be ‘wowed’ by an audio/visual extravaganza…

    October 15, 2015 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #852194
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Which is fair enough but why would they favour the Harvard and Stearman over the F100? Hardly ‘American air power’ are they?

    October 14, 2015 at 8:33 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #852727
    Dobbins
    Participant

    T-33 needs a suitable ceiling to be dangled from…

    October 2, 2015 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #862679
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Who the hell decided the T33 is not relevant to the AAM? Its like telling an ex RAF guy that a Gnat or Jet Provost have no relevance. They need an F117, it would look amazing for the general public, and it operated from the UK. It would fit with the U2 and SR71.

    It still has the godawful suspension attachments attached so maybe they’ll dangle it elsewhere. Maybe they’ll get a fibreglass F117 from somewhere…

    September 30, 2015 at 9:56 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #864735
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Hopefully

    Did the blackbird go back in as I can’t see it in the pictures?

    Thanks for the photos.

    Curlyboy

    Would be funny if they’d forgotten it..!

    September 29, 2015 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865000
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Skin and clothing on the top of the U2.. well, anything’s possible in there! At least they had plenty of dust to sample…

    September 29, 2015 at 4:16 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865128
    Dobbins
    Participant

    I knew I hadn’t imagined the floor painting!

    http://www.borrasconstruction.co.uk/borras-at-the-imperial-war-museum-duxford/

    As for what’s happening in there between now and Easter, it looks like the IWM are going all ‘interactive’ on us. Hopefully not a la IWM North…

    http://www.marconfitout.com/marcon-soaring-high-after-landing-prestigious-contract-at-the-american-air-museum/

    September 29, 2015 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865144
    Dobbins
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    The cost of this revamp must be eye watering!

    £980,000 from the HLF, plus an extra £160,000 from the Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund…

    September 29, 2015 at 3:07 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865153
    Dobbins
    Participant

    I read somewhere that they were painting the floor!!

    September 29, 2015 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865197
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Why should it suddenly become “horribly dated” after 18 years? It certainly won’t to my eye, but aesthetics is a subjective matter, as ever.

    Because architectural statements date badly. Just look at the Southbank Centre. It probably looked great in 1951, whereas now…

    September 29, 2015 at 11:59 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865317
    Dobbins
    Participant

    As I have stated before, I think it was poorly thought through from day one, why not another superhangar which makes for easier moves and new additions. Cheaper and more practical by far.

    And as I’ve said before, what looked sleek and cutting edge in 1997 will soon become horribly dated. All that concrete.. urgh!

    September 29, 2015 at 9:31 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865371
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Is it me or does it look more cluttered than it was before? They should have just bulldozed it and started again!

    September 28, 2015 at 7:35 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #865736
    Dobbins
    Participant

    Yes, this one…

    http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-4485599.html

    Looks a bit dubious…

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