Yes, couldn’t agree more. Staff are very knowledgeable and very happy to spend time with you and bring you up to date. We spent over two hours in the Vulcan and other staff had to come and get us out at closing time. Usually drop in on our way back from DX.

From a thread in happier days.

AVRO 701 ATHENA WOODFORD C1948-50 

Ok, looking through Alice’s looking glass…….

Only one exists, and it is an interesting aircraft.

Made by Blackburn at Brough, which has gone the way of many historic sites, or assembled there.

Personally I think museums have a duty to hold for posterity important artifacts.

This being an aeroplane would fall into the remit of the RAF Museum and The Science Museum.

The Science Museum has the Large Exhibits Store on a whole airield.

So at the very least could not an RAF Chinook airlift the Beverely, in several parts, to the LES.

There is masses of space and very many hangars, but I would imagine that the hangars are already full.

Pause, just drying my eyes. I am so out of date!

It’s now the Science Museum Group, ’cause it is. And the LES is now rebranded the National Collections Centre, NCC.

It’s location is RAF Wroughton but I now see that half of the airfield has been covered in solar panels and any hope of flying anything in is lost as they have built a new large building that, together with the solar panels, obstruct all the runways.

There does remain some open space onto which the Beverly could be lowered.

Still out in the open but at least not scrapped.

I have to say that Elvington would really be the best place being close to Brough but I understand that they have declined it. But if the RAF moved it is there not some corner at Elvington that the Beverley could be placed in the hope that some day a group might be formed to at least put it back together again and make it safe. Of course it has got to be taken apart in the first place. Why not RAF apprentices, would it not be good hands on training both in disassembling/assembling and the safe use of heavy machines.

Ah well, back to the real world.

Yes sad news and wish him blue skies. Unfortunately, like the others, not suitable for Legends but you have to respect the choice made by the organiser it was his show which, very sadly, now appears lost. I haven’t attended an airshow at Duxford since and have not renewed my IWM membership as they have completely ruined Lambeth, IWM North is total rubbish and have got rid of Legends.