i dont want to say i told you so….BUT!!
Not sure if its a bloody shambles! Like most museums they have had to face economic reality . Would it be more sensible to carry on and fall into the trap of having aircraft and no money?
Regards the BAC 1-11 and VC-10 -there is no realistic future in one piece for them.
Mr Burke, i do so hope you remember the heated exchanges we had in the none too distant past on this matter, i said then that a central location like coventry was the only hope for the collection to prosper and grow, but did anyone listen? well yes actually some did. perhaps in future we can learn from this, in the words of the great Warwickshire man himself ” All that glisters is not gold!” (M.O.V act 2 scene 7). or, a slighty more modern twist, ”the grass is not always greener on the other side). perhaps now Mr Collett will concentrate on the one site and take advice from someone who knows. advertise it, Get the kids involved, the schools ,the Uni’s, the W.I. if you have to!, make it work Mr C! , i don’t deny you’ve ploughed huge amounts of cash into the project and without you many if not all of these airframes would be no longer. focus now on what you have at Coventry and make it bigger and better!, I was at a works meeting recently and had the ears of over 200 Birmingham workers and none of them knew there was a DC6 20 odd miles down the road where you could take the missus and the kids for a meal!, let alone an entire collection of working, groaning, noisy,smelly aeroplanes that you could see up close and personal!, Push it, advertise it and make it friendly and interactive and youll be on to a winner, i was delighted to see the Airshow is back this year, make it busy, get outside aircraft in, a fly-in. no landing fees.a funfair,classic cars.what about a cockpit fest , COVPIT !!?, Anyway, the main thing is i am delighted to hear its all coming back up the M5, Cornwall is for Jethro and pasties, I guess the St Mawgan Shack is for the knackers yard now then?, but if that’s the price to pay to get the collection back to a central, accessible ,logical location then it will be a small sacrifice, i reckon there is still hope to save it.right, rant over. and Welcome back!
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