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Date Posted: 30/04/04 19:44:47
Author: John Cooper
Subject: Official correspondence from the RAF

I asked the RAF Museum at Cosford if a group of 11 of us could enter Handley Page Hastings TG511 at Cosford in June 2005. The reply is interesting as whether you flew/flew in or worked on aircraft from yesteryear beware as this is the OFFICIAL reply I received today

"I regret that I must disappoint you. Our prime task is to preserve objects in the collection for future generations in their original condition as far as possible. While access to check for deterioration and to implement necessary conservation measures is essential, we do not permit routine access which would inevitably add to the fair wear and tear already accumulated in service. There are also significant health and safety hazards in some older aircraft, including the radiation from aging luminous-painted markings, which in an enlightened and increasingly litigious age impede us. Finally, current staffing levels do not enable us to provide the level of supervision needed to meet this type of request. I hope you will understand why this policy is in place."

So there you have it:-

.........including the radiation from aging luminous-painted markings, which in an enlightened and increasingly litigious age impede us.

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[> Re: Official correspondence from the RAF -- Adrian Balch, 12/06/04 22:28:45

Boulderdash! Well I have heard some excuses for 'too much trouble' in my time, but that takes the biscuit!


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[> [> Re: Official correspondence from the RAF -- John Cooper, 13/06/04 14:07:19

I guess I should have posted my reply and the reply from the museum at Cosford in return, here it is!

Hi Clare

Thank you for your response and taking the time out for the request to be aired. I was not aware that we as young airmen worked in such a dangerous environment thus " There are also significant health and safety hazards in some older aircraft, including the radiation from aging luminous-painted markings, which in an enlightened and increasingly litigious age impede us". I therefore fully understand the reasoning for this, fortunately our small group were allowed access to TG528 at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, less than three years ago so we were able to refresh the events of March 1st 1960 at first hand, so all is not lost.

My reputation obviously goes before me as I don't recall mentioning my website to you in my original correspondence but since you have viewed it perhaps I can understand more fully why access was denied.

Thank you again for your attention

John Cooper


I can assure you that I have no link with any formal RAF authority that is involved in a cover up regarding TG679 (579) - it was purely my interest in your experience that lead me to check for references on ditched Hastings. Henry Hall's decision would have been the same no matter who you were or what your background. I believe they have refused requests from retired Air Marshals before now, for the same reasons outlined below. It does seem a harsh policy that denies access now to people who may have spent many hours flying that aircraft in the past for example due to Health and Safety legislation we are unable to allow access to the Liberator. Not even a volunteer here who served as a pilot in them during WW2 is allowed access. Please be assured it is simply Museum policy.

Sincerely,
Clare


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[> [> [> Re: Official correspondence from the RAF -- Politically Correct, 16/06/04 10:59:17



What a load of BOLLOX!


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[> [> [> [> Re: Official correspondence from the RAF -- Otto Bilder, 21/07/04 8:46:57

We have open our Hastings

http://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/en/4_3.php?year=2004&activity_id=66


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