Originally Posted by
RileyDove
Cannot for one minute imagine either Cosford or indeed Duxford allowing a Vulcan to taxy around! As for the kit - how will they replace the miles of cable looms removed for her civil life? There is no way all the kit deleted will go back in!
Presumably the HLF checked with Cosford and Duxford before they wrote that into the contract - also "as close to 'original service' condition as possible" meant just that, Joe Public will just want to see the dials and gauges 'in situ' but presumably the HLF's intention was... Why would cable looms marked 'mine laying' be put back when no one expected to find them?
Perhaps at the end of its flying life it should just be scrapped - or which other 'National Museum' should it go to?