Have to agree with AM another well organised event that was worth the 5am start from Kent, there’s no better way to spend a Saturday with the excitement of the possible finds to see and have.
Some great stalls I’ve never seen so many aircraft yokes and grips certainly a nice selection on air ministry’s stall.

Me personally I went home happy with a very nice Lancaster FN50 mid upper turret base section from the dome itself with some nice traces of Perspex along with some nice paperwork.

Well done Newark see you in 2018

Brad..

As i have said previously on other threads i would visit Hendon in the region of 10 times per year as loved the feel of the place especially the BOB hall but now its had its heart taken away i really cant see me visiting to many times in the near future if any at all.

I will look at the new Centenary hall but im not holding my breath, i wonder how many like myself will be put of future visits in regard to the new changes and loss of some iconic aircraft.

I personally feel that the Battle of Britain period should be represented in some way, yes i do get it that the RAF wasn’t solely the Battle of Britain but surely any RAF Museum should represent it on a scale that it so rightly deserves.

In regard to the former Battle of Britain hall, i have to say i liked the feel of the whole place even though as some have said it looked a little tired, it just gave you that atmosphere even though some aircraft were not from the period but i guess it would be a little hard to find the likes of a complete Battle of Britain Ju87, so i guess the next best thing would be a later model Stuka and the likes,even though not correct it certainly did it for me.

I know in this current world that things move on but lets not forget an extremely important part of our history.

Represent it and respect it in the way it deserves.

Never forget..