leshodge
9th Feb 2006, 20:17
Ahead of a trip to Davis-Monthan/AMARC, via the Pentagon, i am hoping that some of the wiser readership may be of some assistance.
I am researching (as you do holding for 208!) for a report i am compiling for internal and limited external (RAF News/Mag, FI) on the maintenance and regeneration of British Military aircraft, and comparing our system to that employed in the US.
The US have been very forthcoming with information, and documents covering this field, yet i am struggling to find any physical example in the UK. It is my (mis?)conception based on what i have learned thus far that on retirement of a type, 'we' keep only a few, to test fly and cold store at Shawbury(only for a couple of years). This after the majority are sold almost instantly for a short term financial gain.
I hope some people have experience in this field and can offer some advice/information source. Please feel free to PM me if you need more of my personal information/internal email address for credibility.
In hopeful anticipation,
LH
I am researching (as you do holding for 208!) for a report i am compiling for internal and limited external (RAF News/Mag, FI) on the maintenance and regeneration of British Military aircraft, and comparing our system to that employed in the US.
The US have been very forthcoming with information, and documents covering this field, yet i am struggling to find any physical example in the UK. It is my (mis?)conception based on what i have learned thus far that on retirement of a type, 'we' keep only a few, to test fly and cold store at Shawbury(only for a couple of years). This after the majority are sold almost instantly for a short term financial gain.
I hope some people have experience in this field and can offer some advice/information source. Please feel free to PM me if you need more of my personal information/internal email address for credibility.
In hopeful anticipation,
LH