Ant,
It is known that there was no fault found with the power plant.
Cheers………….

Originally posted by Hatton
We must remember that although these are flying machines and should always be in the air where possible, there is a time perhaps when there historical value is too much for us to risk them in the air. Im sure Black Six could have had many years ahead of her in the air if she had been restored back to airworthy condition. Im sure the LVG would also have had many years ahead of her in the air but at least we know they are going to be looked after in a museum with an excellent track record (cue Halifax, tiffie on perch gags).

I do have one gripe however………………………..

There are several aircraft at the RAF museum that could be ground run, some of the German aircraft i understand were run at St Athan and there is no doubt Black Six with a little work and the newly arrived Mustang could taxi also. If the RAF Museum wants to teach the new generations about aircraft, let the hear what a real aircraft engine sounds lie.
steve 🙂

While ground running is not too risky as long as you follow the procedures, I’m dead against taxying any aircraft around for the sake of it, one slip on the brakes & it’s on it’s nose with all the damage that comes with it! sure, it’s nice to see & hear a vintage warbird running but the reality is that there are several CD’s with both fine photo’s & sound clips, these don’t risk the aircraft in any way, sorry to say it but the 100 or so enthusiasts who watch a taxi run out of a crowd of 5,000 ar not going to foot the bill if it ends up on it’s nose or running off the runway & shearing a leg!
Just my thoughts!
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I must get out more! (back to work on the 5th) I have just looked at the Duxford website & looked at DAS ‘Friends of Duxford’ page, http://www.tfod.org.uk/news/index.htm It’s nice to see they update on a regular basis!! I trust they are more up to date with their maintenance programe. I also notice they don’t publish the cost of membership to DAS or the friends of Duxford, seems a bit strange that.
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Sure, fine, but why should I have to pay towards it?? 🙁

Cheers………

That’s not such a silly idea Bob, If the IWM would allow it, (If they didn’t allow it thet there is not much hope for the future of the exhibits) To set up a ‘Flypast’ support group, the museum supplies the materials & access, we supply the labour. In return the workers could gain access points allowing free access to Air displays at DX during the year which would cost the IWM nothing but would be seen to be giving the team something back for the work done this way even the most unskilled of us here on the forum could do something for the continuation of the aircraft display industry.
Personally I’m not in favour of paying an annual fee to join a support group to help out a place tidy up so it makes it look better for them. I’m really only talking about a clean up group to get some of these airframes looking a bit better than they do now. Give me some feedback on this & if you like I’ll contact the IWM to see if it’s do-able. I know there may be support groups already at DX but obviously there are not enough looking at the state of the out side exhibits.
I await you CONSTRUCTIVE comments!

Originally posted by Bruce
That said, the Shackleton, like the Victor did undergo a comprehensive restoration programme in the 1980’s, which included a full repaint – anyone remember that?? Before it was hit by the Broussard, it looked rather splendid.

I suspect the damage caused by the Broussard was quite minor & would have been easy to rectify, 17 odd years have past since that event which, to my mind is plenty of time to carry out the required repairs. Looking at the pictures posted I see dull paint, missing covers, some with bird droppings etc, It takes little time to walk around even an aircraft the size of a Shackleton & wipe away droppings, tighten up an inspection panel or two, even making replacements should not be beyond their scope, It would not even take too long to clean the whole airframe choosing one area at a time, lets face it if it was re painted in the 1980’s that’s around 20 years of dereliction & being ignored you see in front of you! Surely any exhibits stored outside should have a planed maintenance system in place & if you can neither staff or fund that system then the exhibit should be removed to somewhere that can look after it or dare I say, scrapped, because to exhibit an item like that just shows that the IWM cannot cope with the task of looking after that many items of historic value in a responsible manner.
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