Originally posted by Hatton
True but all of the above contain/will contain at least one aircraft therefore the money spent on the building has directly gone to the preservation of the aircraft. A roof over the head of an aircraft is vital and the importance of this goes hand in hand with the restoration of aircraft. Im sure you would agree.
Just a passing ordinary person who sometimes likes to look at old planes…
At the risk of going off-topic, the American Museum at Duxford is a rubbish peice of architecture in that it fails to fulfill part of its function. It keeps the planes nice and dry but they’re covered in concrete dust (aggressive to aluminium) and the lighting is hopeless. Additionally, there’s no impression of scale in the building – the B52 just doesn’t seem as vast as say the Vulcan in Hangar 1. Thank you.
I really sorry to hear about the RAFM’s Beverely. I remember being awed by it as a kid in the mid-70’s.
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