Highly likely outcome.5944 wrote: ↑Sat 16 Jul 2022, 7:33 amLook up the story of the Warship Preservation Trust. A couple of Falklands veterans, one of the last surviving complete U boats, the last D-Day landing craft. Only LCT7074 survives in decent condition. The rest have either sunk, been scrapped, or dismantled so look nothing like they used to. Vulcan cockpit section on the approach road to the warehouses anyone?106500 wrote: ↑Fri 15 Jul 2022, 11:01 pmI agree that the only feasible solution is that XH558 would become a none working museum piece residing in a ‘Filton type’ hanger on the site at Doncaster. Of course it will end up being all about money but it’s inconceivable that such a celebrated and iconic aircraft could end up being dismantled after such remarkable history and recent renaissance.CJS wrote: ↑Fri 15 Jul 2022, 7:03 pmHow would that happen? We all know it'll never fly again: can anyone honestly imagine the cost of taking it to bits and moving it by road? Seems to me the most likely scenario if the airport closes is that some sort of museum can be built around '558, a little like they did at Filton for their Concorde.
As has been pointed out many times, Peel Group have history in this regard, and given VTTS chose to get into bed with them against all evidenced based common sense (one can speculate reasons why of course) people shouldn't really be surprised as to what fate will become of '558 given the many predictions of this years ago by those that were shot down by the blinkered and gullible.