Agreed a walk in or viewable Cockpit display at one of the RAF museums would have been superb, having been in the RAF Tristar cockpit it was fascinating, if Cosford they could have done it from the second floor viewing platform without taking up much if any floorspace.
Otherwise another important RAF type will disappear into history, and it was important in the RAF history from the Falklands through the Gulf Wars to the tanking capability.
But early days, there may be plans to display one, the sectioned frame of the 747 in a museum is superb exhibit, see.
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