Plans are at an advanced stage for MAN to build a hangar for Concorde.
I wish those responsible for G-BOAF at Filton would take note.
AF is in the open on the edge of the airfield with public access available only by prior booking. It has an unhappy history with one spectator falling to his death from a viewing gangway last year and public access being closed for many weeks. It is now open again.
There is an enthusiastic group that wants to incorporate AF as the centrepiece of a Bristol Aero collection but I feel their enthusiasm is getting the better of reality. They admit they need at least £30 million for the purpose and have only recently thought about forming an organisation that is capable of bidding for lottery money.
I wish they would take a more pragmatic stance and liaise with Bae at Filton, the local authority and anyone else prepared to help in order to get a cover over AF because a grand aero museum may only be a pipedream. If they don't, I fear this beautiful machine will languish in the open air for years to come.