Why, when talking about preserving large aircraft (such as the Nimrod), does everyone seem to assume it has to be put back into one piece straightaway?

Why can’t the RAFMuseum create a (relatively) inexpensive deep-store facility where Nimrod, Hercules, VC-10, Chinook, etc. can be stored safely indoors in a dismantled state until such time as the funds might become available to put them on display.

It must surely be possible to find an existing hangar (on a site with a long-term future!) that could be insulated, sealed and given a modicum of climate clontrol to reduce deterioration.

Roger Smith.

Such a facility already exists at Cosford. The RAF Museum ‘deep Store’ over the far side and housed in one of the grassed over ‘Lamella’ hangars has been refurbished and fitted with the same aircon / dehumidifier system as that fitted to the storage hangars at RAF Shawbury. Having had the privilege of visiting this in the past, it already has a number of dismantled aircraft stored within and although the layout is somewhat haphazard could be re-organised to fit a Nimrod sized aircraft. The alternative is to store it at Shawbury of course…

9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category J1: 20K – 40K GBP

So the cost of buying one back is more than the total income achieved by selling off all those at St Athan a couple of years back…….

BRILLIANT !!!

Can the numties within the MOD get any worse……:mad:

Canberra Site

Have a look here:

http://www.bywat.co.uk/wf922-article.html

Lots of info on the cameras and the ports.

Winter opening 2010 onwards

Just to add to the view that the DX management are looking for new ways to raise funds by doing less, had this from a source….

As predicted the entrance fee to IWM-Duxford was raised from £16-00 per adult to £16-50 and the “proposed” closures are now to quote management “set in stone” so come the end of October hangars 2,3,5 and the Land Warfare Hall will be closed to the public. The entrance fee will be reduced by just £2-00 to £14-50 per adult!

So this Winter £16.00 gets you access to the entire site, next Winter a ‘bargain’ £14:50 gets you access to less than half the site…………..

Fantastic photo’s, can very vaguely remember going myself although I was only just 6 at the time!

The Hunter photo is quite interesting as I have driven over that spot many times in the past few years as its now part of the test track at Gaydon. The nearer of the two hangars on that photo still stands fairly unchanged – now known as B118 its the main vehicle development workshop on site. The other hangar (B117) was re-roofed with a more traditional pitch roof, but the walls remain in place.

Nice to see, thanks for sharing.

I dont know what you mean Bruce!

All my new pit needs is a lick of paint 😀

Jon

So you picked up your new project then Jon ?

Interestingly I have recently been sent a picture of T11 XE993 by its new owner – makes yours look positively concourse ! 😮

Clearly getting bitten by a Vampire changes your view of the world. :diablo:

Seriously though all the best with your restoration, I’m sure it will be a magnificent job once completed.

Its been there for the last few months, sat in the same area as the Domine. Rumour has it that its due to be put on display somewhere at Cranwell, but nothing appears to have happened regarding that story recently. Given that Cranwell have a number of ‘active’ Jaguars its probably still being used as a spares source.
IF it finally is declared surplus the best hope is it appears amongst the PUBLIC disposals from the DSA….

Not my pics. The album was shared via a FB page. I’m sure Mark12 will know a lot more…..