i stumbled upon the ‘Human centipede’ the other night, i managed about ten minutes viewing, who thinks of this stuff? I struggled to sleep!

Seeing that Halifax nose sat there, lets be honest, fairly uselessly! leads me to thinking that when YAM were building their fantastic Halifax representation why didnt IWM say something like:- ‘ Hey, youre doing a pretty good job there, would this genuine Halifax nose be of any use to you’ i mean yeh sure its pretty nice having a Halifax nose sitting in your collection but wouldnt it be better if it were joined up with the rest of an airframe? This is where i feel your national collections let themselves down, i sort of touched on this in a separate thread some weeks ago concerning hidden artefacts in various collections around the country which are all very well being preserved or at least stabilized but are surely better utilized if given an airing to the public once in a while? and this just re-inforces my views that we should all talk the same language when it comes to re-creating whole airframes and adapt a positive attitude in relation to releasing parts and assemblies to assist other projects.sorry, ive rambled havent i?

Its a shame that shes not having the love thrown at her that the Shack clearly is, you will always get some ‘greening’ on the north side of any airframe left out in the elements i can well remember the belfast at Cosford looking almost camouflaged after a dark winter, but this can be reduced by the occasional wash off with a soapy broom. Lets hope someone takes it upon themselves to do that in the new year before it gets a firm hold! Just as a thought, is there much in the way of cherry pickers/scaffold towers left around at Coventry with the Airbase boys doing a flit?

No its a Hurrifire!

Which just goes to re-inforce my views that the old girl should retire to Brunty or Elvington at least that way she can continue to stretch her lungs from time to time as well as her her legs i suppose? and of course just as british rail sometimes encounter the wrong kind of leaves on the line she may encounter the wrong kind of wind and get herself airborne fom time to time just like her Handley Page cousin!:diablo:

Ok, ill ask again, any idea of an operating base? or is it too early to say?

This is good news indeed! If theres any chance of getting that six flying it needs to be done!

yep, your correct Ant, you have definately waffled on! I think that what were trying to say here is that its time these collections be they small or national collections take it upon themselves to try and take some of these artifacts which the general public dont get to see and let them have a ‘looksee’ occasionally, i suppose we could even take a leaf out of the VTTS book and leave the odd begging bowl lying around that might help these forgotten and out of mind artefacts take on their once shiny pieces of national pride status once more!