RetiredBA/BY: It wasn't the same when I visited Wroughton in '92. We were shown round by a guy called Ross Sharpe who was ultra keen to open the collection to the public,even to the extent of inviting us (members of the Guild of Air Traffic Controllers) to fly in that day and asking if any of us would like to be a FISO there at weekends.
To say he wasn't enhusiastic would have been a real insult to him and under his 'curatorship' the airfield was opened for several aviation events like the Great Warbirds Display and the PFA Rally.
I don't know why he parted company with the Science Museum but it's never been the same since.
Many years ago, the South Ken Museum's curator was a Dr John Bagley who was at the time a prominent member of the Farnborough Aero Club so I presume that went down hill when he left.
Last edited by chevvron; 27th Dec 2017 at 21:54.