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Re: In defence of Hendon

Posted by Elliott on Thu Mar 28, 2002 12:24:28 PM

In reply top Re: In defence of Hendon posted by simon king on Thu Mar 28, 2002 10:15:41 AM

Yes, maybe a bit more entrepreneurial spirit is needed (some people would say that is am understatement!) - Duxford seem to have a solid group of volunteers - strange though, some of them are fantastically qualified and very experienced restorers on their own right, but they are not allowed to do anything more than remove paint from the a/c! (this is what one of them told me anyway - and he had been helping them out for years).

Duxford seem to get excellent results quickly - but I'm not sure if they have ever tackled anything as ambitious as the Hampden which really is just a pile of scrap. Maybe their Hurri?

IMHO Hendons biggest problems are managerial ones...!





: i have been scathing of Hendon particularly in relation to
: both the Halifax and the Hampden
:
: I think my gripe is that if the Canadians can restore both
: the Halifax and the Hampden using volunteer labour, why c
: an't Hendon use a similar approach. Duxford has used a pro
: fessional/volunteer mix of restoration staff (viz Hurrican
: e and Liberator to name but two)as have so many other of t
: he wonderful Museums in this country. Many Museums such as
: Newark have no "career" staff at all and all rely on volu
: nteers to turn out restorations every bit as good as Cardi
: ngton/Wyton/Cosford.
:
: The professional restorers don't have a monopoly on restor
: ative skills - aircraft can be broken down (especially an
: a/c like the Halifax)into constituent sections for rebuild
: .
:
: I think Hendon needs to look again at it's restoration pol
: icy - instead of relying on limited in-house or expensive
: (no disrespect intended Skysport - you've done amazing job
: s with the Wallace and the Bulldog)commercial organisation
: s.
:
: I suspect the Ivory tower that is Hendon will not deign to
: respond! They are probably more concerned with their "Lan
: dmark" building.
:
: I wonder if we'll ever turn the supertanker??
:
: sk

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