Originally Posted by
LondonElite
Being powered up in the future was never going to happen. The money for the necessary upkeep simply is not there. Same story as with the troupe who wanted to keep Concorde flying.
I disagree - an active airfield with a volunteer team of engineers; it would be very doable. Look at the Dunsfold and Bruntingthorpe VC10s (until both sites basically evicted them in different ways)... I didn't say airworthy.
Anway, hope this isn't the only BA 744 that escapes the scrapman.