ANY restoration news?

Anyway, a bit out of date, but how about this to cheer you up.

http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_rest.htm

An impressive project. It must be hugely expensive, and while they are fund raising, it is backed up by tangible progress and they don’t make a big thing about wanting your money.

I do a bit of freezing in the garage on my own project. I wasn’t going to post it here as it isn’t real, can’t afford a real cockpit. It’s more of an accurate scale sim, but it is made using copies of original factory drawings and is as close to original as my woodworking skills allow.

Now that’s nice work 🙂

…and don’t forget our Barracuda Project!

http://www.barracudaproject.co.uk/

I have a engine to rebuild if someone if someone would like to help

I will endeavor to find time soon to provide a comprehensive resume of where we have got to with our restoration. Its all good so far!!

Looking forward to that! Thanks!-and good luck!!

Well, in that case there’s always the restoration of ‘Doc’ to fly in Wichita. They have a regularly-updated website and Facebook page

http://www.b-29doc.com/index.php

Yeah, I am aware of that, but thanks anyway!

That’s great news, thanks!
Any idea what happened to the Fury?

DH9 finally due to fly this Spring. That must be news!

Not doing a Rotorbuggy?!!!!!

That sounds a scary combination! 😮

It does, even when you find out what I’m attaching the blades to!

With all seriousness, a bad back and an excessively busy winter maintenance means personal projects have slowed right down, and of the customer work we have on, we’re progressing as fast as we can, but the more we look, the more we find. Latest fun is a recently top end overhaul of an engine, upon inspection here, was found to have the inlet and exhaust valve guides in the wrong ports. thats another days work for somebody, but a bit of a poor show on those that did the work previously.

FB

And some of us think that the B-29 is sexier than either of those!

Well, in that case there’s always the restoration of ‘Doc’ to fly in Wichita. They have a regularly-updated website and Facebook page

http://www.b-29doc.com/index.php

Thanks Cees, yes work is underway on the restoration of a second Halifax here in Canada 🙂

Hopefully 3 or 4 of these will fly by March…(still looking for a pair of time-ex Bell206 helicoptor blades)!

That sounds a scary combination! 😮

I can update on our various aircraft here!

Haven’t finished any! – keeping the aviation glue manufacturers in business sole handedly!

Hopefully 3 or 4 of these will fly by March…

FB

(still looking for a pair of time-ex Bell206 helicoptor blades)!

Proctor Restoration

I will endeavor to find time soon to provide a comprehensive resume of where we have got to with our restoration. Its all good so far!!

In Canada a new project is underway tot reconstruct another Halifax for Canada. Is that not news?
The Halifax is not as sexy as the Lancaster to some, but I digress.

Cees

And some of us think that the B-29 is sexier than either of those!

In Canada a new project is underway tot reconstruct another Halifax for Canada. Is that not news?
The Halifax is not as sexy as the Lancaster to some, but I digress.

Cees

The Jet Age Museum recently moved our Gladiator restoration project into the hangar and we’re building a Horsa cockpit from scratch. Does that count?

OK, I should’ve said flyable restorations/ rebuilds! Specifically, I havent seen much recent news on here about the Comet racers, The Hawker Fury and DH-9, the Bristol Bulldog and Heinkel He-51 replicas and the incredible work going on at Meier Motors (none of which are at Duxford!)

Theres alot going on the states at the moment..B26, B17’s P61..twin mustang.. a plethora of fighters and trainers… Canada is busy as well with 3 ongoing Lancaster restorations as well as the work involved in looking after the flyable one..