Originally Posted by
BVRAAM
It's really not in good condition, and neither is it in a hangar and hasn't been for three years! It's been exposed to the elements, constantly. As for whether it's well looked after, that's debatable.
Agreed, they let the engineers go and ran it shortly afterwards and thus it’s no longer inhibited I believe, it is or was dumped outside next to the poo farm.
Even worse is the Canberra they bought to restore to fly, an odd choice I thought at the time as the Kemble? ones were for sale and airworthy, it was stripped down for rebuild then had the openings taped over and dumped outside near one of the crash gates, in effect open to the elements.
Once it ceased flying, the cash cow that was 558 died a death, as it would, and so much for the promises made to the Lottery re housing it for education etc.... it should never have gone to Doncaster, airside access was always going to put an end to runs etc that generated income.
Such a shame, but the writing was on the wall when she was grounded, she just became another Cold War relic slowly rotting away on an old airfield.