Expectations of expansion and improved facilities is not likely to be the policy of the next few years

But this in itself is only your best supposition….ie; you don’t actually know, it’s only your guess work………….or do you actually know different, you seem to be debating in an almost authortative tone so that you’d have us believe your argument was actualy correct?

unless anyone has evidence to the contrary?

Funny you should ask!!!
Only last weekend, in talking to a number of the different staff there, it seems that the museum has big progress ambitions in their sights, exactly opposed to what you are stating.
I did not ask for timescales etc, but they are planning on building what sounded like a very large building immediately in front of the existing main museum facade on the grassy area.
I was told that they are already trying to secure funding for the project.
This was much to the consternation of some of the staff who I gleaned from my conversations, would seem to like someone outside of the museum, to take it on board to object on planning grounds, on the basis that this well known and established view of the facade, should itself be protected from obstruction and this seems fair comment.
One indicated that the size of the building was so big that it sounded far bigger than it ought to be, whilst another indicated that the existing BofB museum would be demolished to help make way for the new building.

Now it may be probable that there are exaggerations about exatcly what is happening, but the discussions very magmanomously told me that this is the next direction for the museum.

Oh and don’t forget, the old watch tower is due for relocation next to the GWH in due course.
It looks like the ground is being prepared for it now.
I understand this move is being largely funded by the developer of the area, but it does demonstrate that there is still a commitment from the museum for improvements and expansion that you intimate is not a policy of the museum for the forseeable future.

Bomberboy

Ship itself is a reference word for both.
Craft is another.

Lindy’s Lad made reference with Keel & Beam, but the keel is the theoretical bottom spine of the water going vessel whereas beam refers to ‘something’ else on a level to either the port or starboard quarters and generally distant (near or far), from either an aircraft or ship… not near the bottom of an aircraft.

I would suspect turret is a reference far older than used in context for either ships or aircraft are concerned, as turrets are constructed on castles and stately homes and the like etc etc, so turret may have more in common with the fact that they generally contain weapons and the like.

A lot of aeroplanes land at airPORTS and so port also applies.
Planes generally fly towards ‘headings’

Bomberboy

R4118: Did anyone get any images of Lil Margret arriving at ARCo yesterday/day before?

Black Knight: Anyone snap Lil Margaret’s arrival?

“Lil Margaret” has been with ARCO at least since before the 17th June!!!

I seem to remember that another, Canberra was lost from Wyton on a nearby farm during the 90’s?

Its’ also the date when a certain USAAF bomber, whose name is known to many, completed her 25th and final combat Mission.

Too bad someone in the UK (aside from Just Jane) is working on a project to return a large multi to flight.

Have you forgotten the Coventry Avro Shackleton WR963 then?

How spooky is this, I just tapped into this thread and lo and behold, an edition of “Coast” has not long started and guess what they are looking into?
These hovercraft and are even riding in a smaller one to go across the channel from Dover, but have now just turned back because it was a bit too rough!
Some lovely footage shown.

Got quite a surprise recently when we found the place we had booked into for a family occasion was beside a pub used by 303 Squadron personnel while at Northolt! The Orchard in Ruislip. Nice little memorial in the garden and a framed, signed painting indoors.

As a regular haunt of mine in the late 70’s/early 80’s, there used to be a different memorial there. I’m sure it used to be much smaller and was ‘polished metal’, but it was still mounted up in the air.
I certainly don’t remember it having some kind of fencing around it!