Re: Squires Gate Vulcan for the Chop
Interesting concepts mfaff, but my logic is not totally incorrect.There are one off remaining types at Wright Patterson and they do appear to have a policy of preserving types. The luxury that the US has is areas where long term storage is possible and therefore steps can be taken to preserve various types. The US also tend to have larger numbers of types manufactured than the UK and their 'reducing' policy is possibly more tightly controlled than in the UK.
My concern is that we have gone too far the other way and have a number of examples of the same types in various states of decay across the UK. The pictures above of the Vulcan remind me of similar demises(?) of aircraft over recent years and I am afraid that this will comtinue to be the case for years to come. I agree with virtually all you say except your words about cockpit preservation. Rather like stuffed heads on a wall, I always wonder what happened to the rest of the animal.
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