AeroVenture, Doncaster – 30 Mar 08

First time that I have seen the Lanc since it left Strathallan some 20 years ago… and to think of the hours my friends and I spend patiently scraping off the layers of paint and it ended up like that. Sad. At least some of it was preserved.

Any chance of posting a photo of the Slingsby Prefect that is hanging in the roof please?

Only been to this museum once and it is truely remarkable what can be done with a deicated team and most importantly safe and secure storage. The large hangar is surely the most usefull item in the collection and the I would guess many other groups would love to have such a place to store, restore and display there collection. Maybe it was just me but access and directions to the site seemed rather poor and I certainly got lost get there.

Doughnut

You are not the first to mention the sign problem- it is somthing we are looking to improve-thanks again for pointing this out.

regards Rad.:)

The Lancaster rear fuselage isn’t part mock up/part real . When I moved it to Hatch the section where it’s been repaired was broken off (the result of the hangar collapse) . For the BBC drama this peice was put back on with some new skins. Therefore whilst a repair – it’s not mocked up.

Only been to this museum once and it is truely remarkable what can be done with a deicated team and most importantly safe and secure storage. The large hangar is surely the most usefull item in the collection and the I would guess many other groups would love to have such a place to store, restore and display there collection. Maybe it was just me but access and directions to the site seemed rather poor and I certainly got lost get there.

Doughnut

[QUOTE=pagen01;1236338]Come again Peter!!

Nice shots, I like collections of that nature – can be more interesting to look around than the stuffiness of Hendon.

Oh how, true !! The RAFM and several others are in the “Premier League” of a/c museums. However, one cannot help making comparisions with another Premier League where money appears to drive everything. Am I being too cynical?

IMHO several of the smaller “Second and Third Division” museums produce a much better atmosphere, the aircraft while not airworthy, feel more “alive”.

Planemike

Part mockup part original section. Is that fire damage above where the tailplane would fit??

Peter, it is slightly obscured, but it can just be seen on the second photo between the glider & the Jet Provost in the corner of the hangar.

It can also be seen here.
http://brianamarshall.fotopic.net/p49490736.html

Do you know the identity of the Jaguar GR cockpit?

Hello Radpoe.
Interesting… If you are oging to do a mockup of the rear complete with interior, let me know as there are a fair bit of post war lanc interior stuff available…

Am I missing something here as I do not see it in any of the above pics.. I had a party interested in that bombdoor but they were not interested.

Peter, it is slightly obscured, but it can just be seen on the second photo between the glider & the Jet Provost in the corner of the hangar.

The lancaster door has been with the museum for many years & with aquisition of the rear fuselage, turrets & other parts we have a long term plan to produce a “walk though” exhibition so visitors can see the various crew positions e.t.c.

As a member of the SYAM/Aeroventure & have been for about 25 years, I feel I should reply to what appears to be a comment suggesting that the museum has a “magpie” collection policy.

I can assure you that is not the case. I am not going into great detail giving examples of what the museum has exchanged & farmed out over the years, as I feel this is not neccessary with comments made by other forum members on this thread.

What I will say is this, I joined this Forum both for my own enjoyment & to enable me to get occasional feedback (both good & bad) from forum members in order to enable us to continue to improve the museum for the benefit of visitors. After all we are a registered eductional charity- i.e. we aim to educate & inspire!

We do take advice on board & thank you for the comments received, so far the greater %age has been favourable- without them we run the risk of stagnating the displays & turning visitors away.

Yes we are a large concern, & yes, we do have a degree of duplication in airframes- for many reasons i.e. spares recovery, museum members private ownership, display rotation e.t.c.

Also we are not perfect, we don,t get things right every time, but we do aim to run things as professionally as possible.

As for the comment made by Grim Reaper, may I suggest he gives a brief explaination as to the context of his comment made on this thread.

Thats about right…. nothing comes out of the Doncaster (formerly Firbeck) collection once it goes in.

I do hope this comment was made in jest.:mad:

Grimreaper -How do you explain the Chipmunk which was on loan to SYAM and went to Newark . Or the Piston Provost and Jet Provost which went to
Hemswell.Or the C-10 Jetstream nose which went to Sunderland .Or the Horsa fuselage section which went to Middle Wallop. Or the He111 nose mockup which went to East Kirkby?

Is there any substance to your reasoning?

Touche lol…i believe we did get our dove from AV

Thats about right…. nothing comes out of the Doncaster (formerly Firbeck) collection once it goes in.

Where then did the NEAM up at Sunderland get their Dove G-ARHX from?:rolleyes:

Well I contacted the group to see if they would be interested in helping a lancaster restoration by selling or trading the bombdoor but Doncaster group were not interested.

Thats about right…. nothing comes out of the Doncaster (formerly Firbeck) collection once it goes in.

Well I contacted the group to see if they would be interested in helping a lancaster restoration by selling or trading the bombdoor but Doncaster group were not interested.

.. I had a party interested in that bombdoor but they were not interested.

Come again Peter!!

Nice shots, I like collections of that nature – can be more interesting to look around than the stuffiness of Hendon.
Really good to see the Gannet shaping up, it was looking decidedly dead when the ATC had it, just shows what can be achieved with the right drive. Good to see the ex Flambards sectioned Whirlwind aswel, I wondered where it emigrated to!

I agree David,

I am probably influence by the three dvd I saw yesterday about NX611 at East Kirkby and the work the Panton Brothers did to her.

Cheers

Cees