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Re: Here is the Article
Posted by Dave on Tue Jul 01, 2003 06:48:56 PM
In reply top Here is the Article posted by Al on Tue Jul 01, 2003 06:35:17 PM
Thanks. Good to hear at least some hangars are guaranteed to survive as they are in use. Unrealistic to save them all and for most people a hangar is of little interest compared to the aircraft inside.
I visited the old German airfield / hangars / storage sheds , outside Gardermoen in 2000 where the museum stores stuff and the Army also has equipment .... most of them were also due to come down as they were leaking badly and beyond economical repair ....
But IMHO the money would be better spent on restoring the aircraft / armour etc. If a historic hangar can be used to house them .. all the better , the RAFM are doing this with the new site that will house the Milestones of Flight , having moved a WW1 hangar to the site [ I think ].
Also good to see that in the U.K. a lot of the hangar art is 'cut out' and saved before any building is demolished.
Dave