It's a shame that the aircraft has basically been lost but big aeroplanes cost big money. Here are a couple of snaps from a few years back.
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
End of the line
There has been a Douglas C-54 at North Weald for several years which was the subject of an ambitious plan for a return to flight and I attended a special fund raising day a few years ago. However, to fly once more new spars and wings were going to be required and fund raising could not cover these costs. Sadly the airframe has been dismantled/cut up since the beginning of this year and in the last few days removed from site. Part of the fuselage will apparently become a glamping pod.
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Great shame and clearly many hours trying to achieve something good with the aircraft but times change and a similar fate awaited the PBY Catalina in Ireland. Looked will in that cold war scheme.
ReplyDeleteTis a pity, especially after getting the engines live but they were looking at needing at least £500k 7 or 8 years ago. At least I saw it up close and got inside it as well.
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