Originally Posted by
Beckenham_Boy
Q1. whilst about 5th in the queue for T/O at LHR i saw the 'Cripple Seven' that came down before runway threshold recently-its tail is gone and some fencing is surrounding it in an attempt to hide it -why is it still on view?
At a guess, the removal of the tail may well be part of an attempt to make the aircraft much less visible and much less identifiable to the general public. Those of us who can identify it by what's left of it probably already know enough not to be spooked by its existence. But most passengers passing through LHR probably wouldn't have a clue now about "that funny plane with no tail".