How on earth they couldn't authorise a 45 min ferry flight on a perfectly Airworthy A/C is beyond me
I suppose it is all down to cost. East Fortune's runway is shorter these days than it was when they brought the Dan Air Comet in, so that wouldn't be possible, even if the aircraft were airworthy.
By the time you have moved her from another airfield with sufficient runway, you might as well ship her all the way by barge.
Sad though. She was build to fly, not to float...