I was told this was the reason for the delay in returning the Battle to display after the damage by the transport contactors. The opportunity was being taken to introduce hanging points into the airframe so it could be hung and viewed from “a spiral staircase in a high building”
Oh gawd – Not another ill concieved landmark building with hanging airframes like the Millstones of Flight at Hendon or the Origami hangar at Cosford – you would have thought that they would have learnt by now – but perhaps someone hasn’t got their KBE yet.
No, please, no….the Cold War Museum at Cosford is a disgrace, a shameful waste of public money that turns aircraft exhibits into 1/1 scale Airfix kits. The damage has been done there, the money’s been poured away and that folly will probably outlast most of the members of this Forum.
For Hendon to go the same way would be an utter tragedy. Where’s the consultation in all this? This is the premier national collection for goodness sake! Let’s hope the parlous state of the public finances puts a stop to it.
Jeepman, you’re spot on with your reference to honours by the way. It’s all about vanity and big egos….
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