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Re: Hi Anon..
Posted by Will Fowler on Wed Oct 17, 2001 08:45:11 PM
In reply top Re: Hi Cees, good comments posted by Anon on Wed Oct 17, 2001 10:11:14 AM
Hello Anon,
Don't get me wrong, the IWM team at Hendon are a wonderful bunch and they work hard but I agree with you, they don't have the people power to attempt such like projects as the Halifax and to be really truthful possibly even the Hampden, yes they will finish it, but it will take them so long.
If they farm some or all of it out they stand a better chance of finishing it, I really think that they will be able to get lottery funding, the aircraft is a national treasure.
We will see what happens.
Regards,
Will
: The problem is Hendon are very busy with the Hampden, and
: even that is proceeding at a snails pace - they simply don
: 't have the resources to carry out such a large scale job
: in a realistic time scale. the Halifax is not is as good
: condition as it looks. There is corrosion and her back is
: broken. That means new longerons etc. and a whole load o
: f other stuff. I suppose it is fair to say that they bit
: off more than they could chew with the Hampden.
:
: Lottery funding would be a good idea - you would think it
: is something they would have considered, but then the RAFM
: is not the most innovative institution in the world...
:
: (IWM rules)