I feel physically sick. I’ve just seen the images from Cosford. I thought the national broadsheets would have covered the story, but no. What really, really gets me is that we’ve all been here before. I don’t see other sectors of our preserved heritage doing the same. Why do we have to take it on board that we are different? Yes, these aircraft are or rather were large, but most collections have large artefacts in their possession. And please don’t get me started on the cost of moving these airframes or preserving them onsite. BA are not short of a few quid.
I don’t know what to say or do without sounding like a complete fool or off my rocker. And nobody in the national media reported on what happened. What do we have to do to make people listen? Break a few legs? Dress up as Batman and climb Buckingham Palace? Or do we just act like the dumb animals we have become – not wanting to upset the establishment and those who report on what goes on. I’m still not happy with Flypast and Aeroplane Monthly’s inability to do more than sit on the fence. If a national tabloid can bring down a government or sway the electorate, then why can’t Ellis and Oakey do more than be stoolpigeons to those in power.
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