In the coronavirus pandemic, cleanliness has been a watchword. And this applies equally to some of the aircraft on display at the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, Shropshire.
Earlier this summer, ahead of its reopening, the museum got in a team of specialists – as it does every year – to clean and inspect the eight aircraft suspended in its National Cold War Exhibition hangar.
The team from Arco Services had to abseil from the hangar’s 30m-high roof to get access to the various aircraft, which include a Vulcan bomber and an English Electric Lightning, all now ‘flying’ with the aid of suspension cables.
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