Where should the Vickers Vimy go?
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I'm guessing it wouldn't need much of an executive salary cut to house the Vickers Vimy at the entrance of Adelaide airport for the general public to question it's significance in aviation history, it really isn't that big - or are the wrong people in the current job.
I'm with Fris. The/ A National Aviation Collection could only built up by robbing out smaller museums all over Oz for the icons.. Shouldnt happen.
All those regional museums benefit the community... and they continue to pop up... eg Nhill
Here in the deep north, just pressed the starter button see... FNQ Aviation Museum ? Preserve | Inspire | Educate | Restore Where there a will there's a way.!
And there's some very interestng WW2 wreckology and histories here to be told as well as pioneering aerial agriculture, heli-mustering, McDonald Airways, Bushies/BPA and much else.
Building better regions is the go..Cantberra already has loads of venues.
All those regional museums benefit the community... and they continue to pop up... eg Nhill
Here in the deep north, just pressed the starter button see... FNQ Aviation Museum ? Preserve | Inspire | Educate | Restore Where there a will there's a way.!
And there's some very interestng WW2 wreckology and histories here to be told as well as pioneering aerial agriculture, heli-mustering, McDonald Airways, Bushies/BPA and much else.
Building better regions is the go..Cantberra already has loads of venues.
Dick's right to point this out. Almost no-one knows about the Vimy. I live in Adelaide and I'm one of the few who knows about the 15-minute (or similar) free parking spaces -about 3 of them- adjacent to the Vimy. I take visitors to see it and tell them the story, as best I can. I think it should stay here, but with better marketing. Better signage and more free parking spaces nearby would be a good start.
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I'm guessing it wouldn't need much of an executive salary cut to house the Vickers Vimy at the entrance of Adelaide airport for the general public to question it's significance in aviation history, it really isn't that big - or are the wrong people in the current job.
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You have a point, cooperplace. Post suitably edited.
I'm guessing it wouldn't need much of an executive salary cut to house the Vickers Vimy at the entrance of Adelaide airport for the general public to question it's significance in aviation history, it really isn't that big - or are the wrong people in the current job.
Interestingly in the play "the ship that never was" about the Frederick escape, the ship stolen from Sarah Island, Tasmania, and sailed to Chile in 1834 (think about that), they state that one of the convicts was the grandfather of Wally Shiers who was on the Vimy. Yes I know it's a different spelling.
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Hi cooperplace, and thanks for the anecdote.
Speaking of Tasmania, I recall once boarding an RPT BAE146 at Hobart via a hangar due to some technical issues, and I distinctly remember a bunch of women going all giggly at the sight of a parked Beechcraft Super King Air and how cute it was that this little aeroplane could actually fly paying passengers.
The Vickers Vimy needs to be out there and in the face of our current flying punters, i.e at the entrance - after all, lets not forget that it was quite a punt to fly it down to terra australis in the first place. If our precious airport executives are only concerned about their bonuses, cars and postcodes then we are really digging at the bottom of the talent pool. Surely they could do better.
Speaking of Tasmania, I recall once boarding an RPT BAE146 at Hobart via a hangar due to some technical issues, and I distinctly remember a bunch of women going all giggly at the sight of a parked Beechcraft Super King Air and how cute it was that this little aeroplane could actually fly paying passengers.
The Vickers Vimy needs to be out there and in the face of our current flying punters, i.e at the entrance - after all, lets not forget that it was quite a punt to fly it down to terra australis in the first place. If our precious airport executives are only concerned about their bonuses, cars and postcodes then we are really digging at the bottom of the talent pool. Surely they could do better.
