Elvington Herald scrapped
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Re: Elvington Herald scrapped
Oh dear.. Garry would have been particularly sad to see that one go
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Re: Elvington Herald scrapped
Indeed he would, still nothing heard there Dave?DaveB wrote:Oh dear.. Garry would have been particularly sad to see that one go![]()
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Comments on key pub forum are pretty much spot on,as to the state of historical airframes.
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Re: Elvington Herald scrapped
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No.. still nothing heard
Agree with much of what was said in that link. I don't think we've lost an airframe to corrosion at Brooklands but while we always suffer a shortage of volunteers.. we've somehow had enough to stave off disaster. It's very easy to see how quickly an airframe will go under if it gets past a certain point and the trouble with many museums is a lack of young blood to do the work.. this as much as needing aircraft to be covered. The expertise is there but there's no one to pass it on to and 60/70/80+ year old 'human' airframes don't mix well with ladders, scaffolding and climbing into confined spaces!!
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Agree with much of what was said in that link. I don't think we've lost an airframe to corrosion at Brooklands but while we always suffer a shortage of volunteers.. we've somehow had enough to stave off disaster. It's very easy to see how quickly an airframe will go under if it gets past a certain point and the trouble with many museums is a lack of young blood to do the work.. this as much as needing aircraft to be covered. The expertise is there but there's no one to pass it on to and 60/70/80+ year old 'human' airframes don't mix well with ladders, scaffolding and climbing into confined spaces!!
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Re: Elvington Herald scrapped
I may be barking up the wrong tree, but years ago I think I heard that the Herald fuselage had top hat stringers that were spot welded, but not only that, but with the flanges welded to the skin, so making a closed section & not able to be inspected. Lovely water & condensation trap. Any one know better?
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The 2015 picture in Chris' original thread looks better but in September 2013 she looked quite unloved:
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