AMARC UK?

[Garysb]

Had a trip to Bruntingthorpe last week for a construction equipment show but managed to bump a couple off on the way out through the car window








Cheers

Gary

[3Greens]

My thoughts entirely - we were doing HGV emergency brake system testing on the runway just after the show
3Greens

[Gary West]

Weather and conditions aside we could never have an AMARC here because we like trashing our Aviation Heritage far too much and allow H&S to have a very unhealthy say....not even to mention £

These old birds are off to the States I hear!

[alpha_india]

I think our climate is a little to damp for a boneyard - once you consider the purpose of AMARC beyond the pretty pictures of arrested decay. Airframes would be deteriorating faster than parts would be recovered. See the recent E3 thread where the recovery plans are discussed - an airframe gets just 3 years at AMARC for recovery of parts before it's available for scrapping.

H&S wouldn't even come into it. Has an aviation heritage group *ever* been prevented from doing a restoration or preservation activity by the HSE? or is this just the usual cheap shot at "'elf'n'safety"?

[Gary West]

H&S wouldn't even come into it. Has an aviation heritage group *ever* been prevented from doing a restoration or preservation activity by the HSE? or is this just the usual cheap shot at "'elf'n'safety"?

Dont understand your Cheap shot remark unless you are a HSO - what about the GR3 Harrier at that ATC unit quite recently........ anyway my comment was more a "cheap shot" as you put it at our general apathy in this country towards our Aviation Heritage and the fact that anything weather aside, would be broken up and sold of for £ scrap.

[alpha_india]

I'm an H&S adviser, and often see H&S get the blame when the reality is that 99% of the time whenever it's advertised as the fault of H&S the truth is that someone didn't want to pay to do something the proper way. And it's cheaper to blame H&S than do it properly - because everyone wants to believe that H&S is the red tape bogeyman.

The GR3 is typical - no one wanted to pay to maintain it's physical integrity and would rather sell it for scrap. We don't have a dry enough climate to just park-up an aircraft and expect it not to deteriorate.