Originally Posted by
tubby linton
The museum’s Handley Page Herald is being evicted to make room for it apparently.
Please do not believe the rumours spouted by a few Herald enthusiasts. There is no eviction it is going on loan to another museum and will still be owned by DAS. DAS have had the opportunity to add a BAe146 in the last few years and said no. The opportunity for this aircraft with its Royal use allows DAS to have an example of the last designed and built British Airliner. The DAS collection is the British Airliner Collection and not the British Civil Airliner Collection so a Royal Flight BAe146 is equally relevant.
Until the announcement of the gifting of the BAe146 there were only two of the family on display in the UK out of a production run of 380. By comparison there are 3 Heralds out of a total of 50. The statement that the Herald is more historic and rarer simply does not bear scrutiny.