How complete is the WB491 inside? Would love to see pics!

A good question Pagen, I’m not 100% certain I’m afraid – but perhaps relatively incomplete. When it first arrived there were plans to turn it into an education aid, but so far that has not progressed beyond an idea.

Recently I know there have been posts elsewhere about what is planned for the Ashton, which is a ‘Significant’ airframe on the National Aviation Heritage Register. I understand that as the museum tries to develop facilities on its own land that the positioning of the Ashton might have to remain ‘flexible’ until everything else is in position.

At the end of this month the volunteers who work on site have been invited to contribute to some preliminary discussions how the Southfield Site [the land that the museum owns] will be developed in the future; so more detail might come out of that process.

Next time I visit the museum I’ll enquire about access to the Ashton and try to get some pictures of the inside!

As a footnote I believe that Newark’s Sea Venom also came from Rhoose in 1983/4. [Proof reading again!!] 😀

Very impressive Cees!

Any thoughts about a temporary export to Nottinghamshire in June 2009? 😀

Not trying to make any excuses but reflect on one thing in all of this.

Children + education = Government funding + HLF funding

Then – London Olympics = less funding

This is a current fact of life for many museum / heritage related projects under the current Government policies of “Every Child Matters” http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/

🙂 Don’t forget the Ashton – WB491 is now here http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/aircraftlist.htm

… I think it is wonderful & generous to even allow such tours & only wish more museums would follow suit…..

😀 Some already do, but I guess it’s a matter of how you determine your prices…

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/newsItem.php?id=82

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/newsItem.php?id=83

:diablo: You could argue that you do a partial Halifax tour here on TG517!!

JDK, my training taught me that it’s ‘bad science’ to publish a paper [I’ve co-authored and authored several] based on incomplete data – you wait until you’ve gathered everything together, reach a conclusion and then publish a paper [if anyone is willing to publish it]!

Malcolm – I have read [and re-read] all of the post and I feel that the portion I quoted was contradictory to your wider content, hence why I quoted it!

No matter how robust data are, in my experience everyone [myself included] can be selective in how they interpret that data so it suits their own hypothesis.

Years ago I worked for a scientist researching peptic ulcers, who proposed that the main cause was a bacterial infection. His hypothesis was widely dismissed as nonsense – some 15 years on H-pylori bacteria is a recognised and treatable cause for peptic ulcers! Everyone [myself included] ought to be more open-minded!

From looking at the pictures that you posted – you already have! 🙂

It would be nice to see even more Stirling items dispalyed at this former airfield where 1661 HCU once operated the type.

I’m sure you’d be made very welcome.