Pilcher Hawk restoration video

From what I could see during my visit last month the Bulldog is displayed in a less dramatic attitude than the photo above. Of course I could have seen it (covered in dust sheets) before its final positioning.

There looks to be a Gull glider, the Tiger Moth, an Auster and a PA38 Tomahawk suspended in the new gallery, which opens today.

Yes I’d avoid opening day and probably the rest of the school hols too! It’s good to know that there is a fair bit of aviation content in the museum – we don’t have enough of that up here.

I think that when you see the renewed gallery in Chambers Street with the Hawk, Gull, Tiger Moth, Auster and Tomahawk all “in flight” you will be impressed. I am looking forward to having a good look round, but not on opening day! The Museum of course already has a Bulldog and the Kay autogiro on show there. The bicycle collection and some racing cars also seem to be on show.

I believe the scheme is as it flew in 1958 at Kidlington. I must say that personally I think the previous blue and silver scheme (as flown by Dick Emery) looked better.
When it originally arrived it was going to be painted in trainer colours but oil seeped through the paint and next time I saw it it was in the civil scheme.
The Pilcher Hawk, I understand needed a full restoration and if I remember correctly I was told that after a previous restoration it had been assembled incorrectly. Its
a great looking machine.

Thanks, Robert. Totally agree that the Tiger looked better in its previous scheme. Can’t quite understand why they would abandon the plan to paint it in wartime colours after the oil leaked through. While I generally like to see aircraft in authentic colours I feel, in this case, that the all-white scheme is totally insipid and uninspiring and does nothing to reflect the history of the type in Scotland. They could’ve gone for a lovely orange and silver Scottish Aviation Ltd colour scheme instead – now that I’d like to see 🙂

I believe the scheme is as it flew in 1958 at Kidlington. I must say that personally I think the previous blue and silver scheme (as flown by Dick Emery) looked better.
When it originally arrived it was going to be painted in trainer colours but oil seeped through the paint and next time I saw it it was in the civil scheme.
The Pilcher Hawk, I understand needed a full restoration and if I remember correctly I was told that after a previous restoration it had been assembled incorrectly. Its
a great looking machine.

I got up to this museum for the first time in June. Looks like I’ve got another 400 mile drive to plan.