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Old 21st Oct 2006, 18:26
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BEagle
 
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Nothing to celebrate.

Dismembered fuselage and cockpit sections are to airframe collections what stuffed animal heads are to zoos.

The villain of the piece, predictably, is ba. They have no interest whatsoever in their heritage and refused to lift a finger to preserve the Cosford historic collection.

Compare ba with Lufthansa. LH not only keeps a pre-war Ju 52 in passenger carrying airworthiness state, but also has a small fleet of historic trainer aircraft lovingly preserved. Their Me 108 Taifun has just had a down-to-the-metal respray. They also painted an A321 (and a Cheyenne) in 'retro' paint schemes to celbrate their 50th post-war anniversary. Can you imagine the faceless suits at waterworld sanctioning anything similar at ba.....?
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