An article on the project, written by one Richard Warrilow, is published in the current issue of "Aerospace Professional" on pages 18 to 20. It is interesting to learn that Dr. Pleming was in fact the initiator of the entire project in 1997 and was not merely invited in as a consultant.
The restoration was a commendable engineering effort indeed and those who carried out the work deserve a great deal of praise for the result. I must admit though, that my eyebrows involuntarily raised themselves when I read the words "dealing with unexpected corrosion". While it is true that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, a search for corrosion is the foundation of all ageing aircraft inspection programmes: "corrosion in the wing above the undercarriage bays" can hardly be unexpected on any aircraft of the age of G-VLCN.
