The RAF Museum have a unfortunate history of scrapping exhibits in the past where money has become tight.
They scrapped the Beverley at Hendon, and the last remaining Vulcan B.1 and Victor B.1 bombers in the 1980s/90s.
So you could say some the bad feeling and blame directed towards them about these sad events is understandable.
Given that all the exhibits are now owned officially by the Museum, and not the RAF, is the RAFM in anyway a self-supporting organisation now in terms of exhibit upkeep?