So, we know/believe lots of stuff from the BoB went in the skip….Churchill, the mannequins….so what has happened or is planned for the stuff in the photos? The windscreen referred to earlier is shown. Hope they did not also skip the Ops Room? I would have given a home to it and many of the mannequins and other items including backdrops. Many museums would have loved this stuff too.
I know that some RAFM people watch this forum….so answers would be appreciated?

Obviously to late for stuff that has gone in the skip. Unless somebody knows where the skip went. lol
But seriously people have offered unwanted stuff a good home, why the hell has the RAFM not had the equivalent of a car boot sale, if not for the Museum its self but for RAF Charities ? As I say too late for stuff which has gone missing.

I too wish the museum well with its future plans, what ever they may be. Not exactly sure what the museum plans to do any extra land ?

means lack of floor space for museums struggling to build an extra building or two.

There is the most important point that the management has failed to address. With all this money available exactly what additional space or infrastructure has been added to either Hendon or Cosford inorder to display and interpret the story of the RAF ? If the management want to have kiddies play areas, cafe’s and interactive screens and slide shows great they can all be accommodated in simple, traditionally constructed or modular buildings at reasonable cost. Without the need to ‘re-purpose’ an existing hangar full of aircraft. If the management wants to engage the local population thats also great, then provide a meeting point, a restaurant, gallery space or lecture theatre, but allow it to be open beyond the standard museum hours and the local population might use it and hopefully the museum can make use of it as well.
I remember the very well attended annual model shows and book fairs once held within the museum, as Hendon is not interested in the additional admission such events generate, then one would like to think the would at least enjoy the additional foot fall. As an aside if a suitable events building had been constructed it would have been very easy to charge a admission to this area, a welcome income stream ?

So were complaining that the auction house is making a profit? That’s the point! That’s how they make a profit, fund catalogues, overheads, wages, etc etc. That’s the price you pay for a decent shop widow.

The point I was trying to make was that without the Auctioneers costs both parties to a deal could have been satisfied. The family receiving a satisfactory cash sum and the National collection obtaining the items.

Excellent work !!!!

When in service how often would aircraft be dismantled like this. Just for road transport or major servicing ?
Also how were the Phantoms currently in museums or stored at Everret’s dismantled.
Assume less care was required as airframes were consider to be static display only ?

Have looked at the websites listed above but can somebody explain more clearly how donations can be made ?
I guess we all know the past history of donations 😡

No problem with the family selling these items. The real problem will be the auctioneers. Even if a National museum can collect enough cash to buy the collection the Auctioneers will happily hold out their hand for an extra 20% to 15% commission on top of the sale price, which the family will never see. The family will also be hit by the same Auctioneer deducting a similar % from the sale price. The only winner being the Auction house.

Would be great if the new owner of the log books could have them published.

Often email addresses shown on websites such as [email]info@xyz.co.uk[/email] or [email]admin@abc.com[/email] are never answered not because people dont care or want to use computers it is more likely they dont know they are there. Try using a personal email such as [email]john.smith@themuseum.com[/email] Once contact is made and you are in the loop, you will be fine. Not sure if using the telephone has been mentioned, you can always leave a message quoting your own email address as the preferred contact.

Also please remember dormant email addresses that do not get answered can sometimes be deleted by the service provider, examples might be [email]abc@virgin.com[/email] might have been cancelled if the user has left the Virgin network.
I know it is still the museums fault for not updating things, but these things happen.

Sorry Agent K. Did not intend to edit your quote, rather answering its two parts. Previous post has be edited.