Hi Ian,
I’d be very,very,very interested to see pics of the Lyneham Comet!A few general shots are always nice,but the really useful ones will be close ups if you can get any,especially somewhere like the undercarriage bays where corrosion tends to be most evident.I’ve not heard anything on the Comet’s condition,so any pics you can take will be very useful in assessing how saveable the aircraft is.
My theory is that having inherited the Cosford Comet1,the RAFM now have less interest in this awkwardly placed Comet2 and so would rather do away with it than organise a recovery and restoration for an aircraft they have another example of,rather than the aircraft actually being beyond redemption or unsafe.
Thanks again Ian,it would be much appreciated!

Hi folks,
Just to let you know that I’ve recieved conformation that the East Fortune Comet will NOT be scrapped!This information comes from the MoF management directly.Phew!
It’s unclear how the rumour came about,but there seems to have been some misunderstanding between museum management and volounteers,aswell as some outside speculation.
Before we sigh and start wondering if it was all worthwhile,I’d say yes it was!It’s important that we get involved when an important airframe comes under threat,and if it proves to be a rumour,as in this case,it gives the museum a chance to ‘clear thier name’ and make sure that the rumour is quashed once and for all.No matter how things turn out,we also learn something from every experience anyway,so it’s never a wasted effort.There will be other cases like this in the future I’m sure,so this is good practise!
Thanks to everyone who wrote to the Museum and/or gave thier support,it’s greatly appreciated by many.Here’s to more happy outcomes to our emailing campaigns! 🙂

Thanks for putting a word in Ashley,nice one! 🙂 It should be very helpful to have someone aviation minded in a position of influence up there,especially when they know how many folks are keeping an eye on ’em 😉 .