The plan is to have her in the Aviation Museum hangar at Hurn, but as a flying exhibit, like the majority of aircraft there. She will (hopefullly) be flying fairly regularly.
That way, museum visitors can see her on the ground, and get to see her taxi out for her flights on a regular basis.
We are also looking at putting together an exhibition room about her history (and that of the Gnat generally), the Arrows and formation aerobatics in general, and the restoration project in words and pictures.
It will make Bournemouth Aviation Museum pretty unique to have such an exhibit and info centre. 🙂
But, most importantly, her exhibit stand will not say “This plane used to fly with the RAF…”, but rather “XR537 now flies as a display aircraft, following a restoration project, after many years of service in the RAF…” 😀
…and we won’t need the Airfix sachet of hangar dust to sprinkle on her newly-painted wings…
Sounds good hope all goes to plan.Caint wait to see her Flying coming down to Dorset next week and in three weeks time hope to make it to the Bournemouth Aviation Museum:)
James
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