I had hoped to see the Defiant but that one obviously hasn’t moved yet. Although looking at the fuselage clamped between two wooden beams I fear some transit damage will be in order.

CeBro, and others…
Those “wooden beams” are known as “eggpoles” and slot into one of the many offset holes in the “eggboxes” under the aircraft.
They are indeed wooden beams, approximately 3″ square, BUT they are wrapped in at least 1/2″ thick felt padding, which itself is wrapped in a linen covering.
The “eggboxes” have either a similarly felt padded or rubber strip running lengthwise on the tops.
They have been used on every RAF flying and maintenance unit since Pontius was a Pilot, for safely and securely storing (and transporting) large aircraft components like undercarriage doors, bomb bay doors, flying controls, horizontal and vertical stabilizers, mainplanes and fuselages…

Did you even look at the artists images of the Sunderland Hall? The V1, Seagull and dingy gone, the V2, Lysander and motor launch gone. Replaced by tables and chairs.

At the other end, the Battle of Britain Hall emptied of Spitfire, Hurricane, Me109, Me110, Ju88, Heinkel (Casa) 111, Blenheim, Defiant, Battle, Ju87 Stuka, etc etc to be replaced by a Sea King helicopter, a Red Arrows Gnat, a Spitfire and a WW1 biplane, and a lot of open empty space!

When was your visit baz?
They have stuff rotate thru there on a regular basis, deliveries, donations, restoration projects…

On the subject of Hawkers, any news on the RAF Museum Typhoon ?

Let’s hope they get someone with some sense to move the aeroplanes rather than the cowboys that damaged the Battle a few years ago…

Ohh for crying out loud…!!!
Here we go again…

It was stated in a post about the Battle a while ago, that it was NOT damaged in transit…

and, you’re a braver bloke than I am pal, most h€^}¥ ^}$€, very experienced, professional drivers working for an international haulier company would not take kindly to being called a “cowboy”…!!!

I wouldn’t even say that to a RAF M.T. driver over a beer in the pigs bar…!!

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STOP PRESS…

Forum member moves plane…!!

There’s no point…
He’s always right…