ILLUSTRIOUS To Be Preserved - The former Helicopter Carrier, and now Helicopter Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS is to be preserved at the end of her service life (in 2014) as a memorial to the Harrier carriers.   Whitehall wants to hear proposals for maintaining ILLUSTRIOUS for future generations to admire, and business leaders, charities, trusts and other organisations are to be invited to come forward with suggestions on the best use of “Lusty”, so that the vessel remains ‘intact’.