The major problem I have with hanging aircraft up, apart from the modifications required to the airframe to do so, is it no longer becomes accessible for research purposes, especially the internals. In my case, it has been Bert Hinkler’s Avro Avian, stuck up in the roof of the Queensland Museum. It has a massive, ugly, steel frame around the fuselage to support it while suspended with cables. I found out too late recently, that the aircraft had been on the ground during re-arrangement of the museum earlier this year and missed an opportunity to inspect it. 🙁
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