On Tuesday 27 July, at Kinloss, ’54’ fell to the cutters of the scrapman. However, the forward fuselage half has been preserved for Highland Aviation Museum, at Inverness Airport. It is planned to allow visitors access to the cockpit and crew stations. The cockpit, flight engineer and Tac/Nav stations are 98% complete.
On Wednesday, the fuselage section was moved and installed on site. As a small museum, with limitted resources, the team consisted of:
a. Cut, two scrappies and two museum volunteers
b. Move & Install, one HGV driver and banksman, crane operator, banksman and four museum volunteers
’54’ was installed by tea time. The team was very happy, but knackered, and they still had all their fingers and toes.
There are a number tasks to be carried out, before ’54’ is ‘open’; trim the wing stubs, refit weapons bay doors, provide power for the aircraft internal lighting, etc. Let’s hope that our ‘day jobs’ do not interfere with the important work.
In the meantime, if anyone knows where I can get my hands on a Stingray torpedo or WE177 nuclear depth charge, please PM me.
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July 30, 2010 at 7:43 pm