Cornwall, UK — Newquay’s Classic Air Force museum has closed its doors for the last time, just months after directors promised they would keep it open.
In a statement posted today on the trust’s Facebook page, directors said financial pressures had forced the attraction to close.
The news has shocked aircraft enthusiasts, who were assured by trustees last December that the organisation remained “committed to staying in Cornwall.”
Volunteers at Classic Air Force told the Cornish Guardian last year that they feared the attraction would suffer irreparable damage when many of its flying aircraft were suddenly moved to Coventry airport.
But Classic Air Force spokesman, Mike Collett, said in December: “We’ve not been secretive about what’s happening, we’re committed to staying in Cornwall.
“The exact shape of next year’s Newquay operation is still being thrashed out, but you can be sure that we’ll be there.”
Since the trust relocated from Coventry airport to Newquay in March 2013, the planes have been based in the 60,000sq ft former Nimrod ‘404’ hangar at RAF St Mawgan, rented from the Cornwall Council-owned Aerohub.
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