What, no huge, solidly built packing crate with all spares and every exposed part carefully preserved?!

If it wasn’t for the RAF Museum they wouldn’t be in this country. They comissioned them.

I’m sure TVAL can build two more flyers if anyone wants to put up the money.

DD

There’s already at least one other RE8 flying in New Zealand, and at least one Albatros, so there’s plenty of opportunity to see them

When I read this text in AM it greatly concerns me what the next development will be !:

“the museum is exchanging artifacts which have no connection with the history of the RAF with ones incorporating extensive original material that significantly enhance the collection”

Unless I am greatly mistaken neither the Albatros nor the RE8 incorporate extensive original material . Certainly the Snipe does incorporate original parts but it’s not a rebuild of an existing machine.
The Hanriot was certainly flown by on the Allied side during WW1 and the Farman has clear history of visiting Hendon during WW1 -undoubtedly in connection with the British use of Farman aircraft.
If the RAFM can use this as a justification for exchange of original aircraft for replica’s -I wonder if we will see the LVG move to Hendon or be sent abroad in exchange for more replicas?

Both the Albatros and RE8 have a huge relevance to the RFC/RAF’s history though, much much more than the Hanriot and Farman, and the RE8 fills a big gap, and a very important one, in recognising the vital artillery observation work done by the RFC which was arguably the most important part of the RFC’s role in WW1, despite how glamorous the scouts may seem. It will be great to get a good look at an RE8 too considering how poorly displayed the Duxford one is!

Well I saw the word ‘nigger’ used in a historical film as the name of a pet a couple of years ago – the remastered ‘Great White Silence’ about Scott’s ill fated South Pole expedition, as it was the name of the ship’s cat, who performed tricks (well, jumping). It was a silent film but BFI didn’t have a problem with flashing the cat’s name in big letters on the cinema screen;

http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/antarctic.html

http://meiringens.tumblr.com/post/583697628

Here’s the Defiant yesterday

They were selling off bits of Wellington fabric at Hendon a few weeks ago