Newark Air Museum Photos (04/11/04)

Thanks for posting the Varsity move picture. I guess the moves have also freed up some same on the museum grounds for a few more additions…. 🙂

And it looks like their Hunter has also be repainted recently…are most of their repaints done by hand and brush?

I am guessing that some of the airframes moved probably have not been moved for many years..I wonder if any were less that cooperative..i.e. frozen wheel bearings etc…it would be interesting to see the Avro Shack or HP Hastings moved to a concrete area..sure cut down the mold and damp in the airframes…

Still Newark has a great collection…

A lot of the aircraft have had thier wheels removed in recent years to fill the tyres with foam, so I don’t think it has been that difficult. I will make enquires re moving aircraft onto the concrete but there is only a limited amount of it at Newark.

Top bloke Howard Heeley of Down to Earth Promotions (editor of the excellent Newark Air Museum newsletter ‘Dispersal’) has just e-mailed me a picture of the Varsity being moved.

The move….

I am guessing that some of the airframes moved probably have not been moved for many years..I wonder if any were less that cooperative..i.e. frozen wheel bearings etc…it would be interesting to see the Avro Shack or HP Hastings moved to a concrete area..sure cut down the mold and damp in the airframes…

Still Newark has a great collection…

Thanks for posting the pictures…I have visited Newark a number of times over the past ten years and it is great to see the collection growing still more..

Great to see the Varsity under a roof…maybe a new paint job will follow shortly…

There was some talk of returning it to its original silver scheme, but I think that idea has been dropped. Either way work is progressing on de-corroding and replacing skin on the flaps and nacelles. Once this is complete it will be repainted.

I guess now that so many airframes are under cover, and will not need continually re-painting, there will be more time to dedicate to the remaining airframes outside (i.e. the Meteor NF14). 😉

Varsity under cover

Thanks for posting the pictures…I have visited Newark a number of times over the past ten years and it is great to see the collection growing still more..

Great to see the Varsity under a roof…maybe a new paint job will follow shortly…

Meeting up at Newark sounds like a fab idea, but I doubt I can make it this side of Crimbo. 🙁

LesB – I replied ‘over there’ too. Nice Gnat shot, by the way. 😉

Thanks Canada TD 🙂

dhfan and Andy I would definitely recommend going to Newark you will enjoy it.

A mass Forum getogether on the cockpitfest weekend would be great….camping, aerojumble, cockpits, great social and behind scenes looksy

As has been said, great to see the Swift under cover – and the Javelin and Varsity too of course. The state of the Meatbox NF.14 really is dreadful, I wish they’d take pity on it!

Saturday 13th November at 12.00 noon is the offical opening ceremony of the new hangar. It is also the 150th meeting of the BAPC.

The museum is anticipating a large number of visitors so is advising to come early.

Further news from the museum is that they have aquired a HP Jetstream XX492
Currently at Culdrose it is due to be transported to the museum in the next few weeks.

A couple of months ago Robbo suggested a mass prowl around Newark.
Anybody up for it or should we leave it until next year?

I’d go for that, would be good to put faces to names.

Got a strange feeling of deja vu here, having replied to Andrewman in another place about his pix. :rolleyes: As I wrote there, good set of pix on a bright, but cold day – it’s an airfield, and a cold wind is in the rules for airfields. Good to see the SHAR with fin now.

andrewman,

hope you don’t mind me adding a bit…..

A Memorial to the men of the HCU based there during the war. IIRC it was 1661HCU?

Regards,

kev35

Thanks Canada TD 🙂

dhfan and Andy I would definitely recommend going to Newark you will enjoy it.

A couple of months ago Robbo suggested a mass prowl around Newark.
Anybody up for it or should we leave it until next year?

I might be interested in that.
Let me know dates etc.
Cheers
Andy

A couple of months ago Robbo suggested a mass prowl around Newark.
Anybody up for it or should we leave it until next year?

Lovely shots, thanx for posting them. It is great to see the Swift inside at last. A lovely event is the cockpit festival in June….great fun, great people. Hope to see you all there next year chaps!

Nice to see a Shack again

Hastings

T-33

S1 Bucc this is going in the new hanger soon

Shack nose that turns up at Waddo most years

A Sunset photo of the old RAF Winthorpe Site

One of the better Javelins still around

Varsity

Recent repainted Swift

Looks like Brunty have started a trend for open top Hunters 🙂

Vulcan

This Meatbox could do with a lick of paint

The remains of a Lancaster

Sea Hawk please exscue the crappy photo

Draken

Another Egg Whisk

Sea Harrier this will look nice when its put back together

Jet Provost with front panel removed