The Helicopter Museum at WSM has received a £138,500 grant from the Coastal Communities fund towards the restoration of the unusual Wooden control tower and adjacent pilots block situated next door on the old airfield.The tower was originally a 1920s cab shelter on the Weston seafront and relocated when the borough council built the original grass airfield.It is in a real mess so anyone who enjoys woodwork or brick laying and a holiday at the seaside and would like to help would be very welcome.Just contact the museum and leave your details.
By: heli1 - 20th March 2015 at 21:25
Just signed a long lease with neighbouring land owner at peppercorn rate for chunk of airfield including this building and sizeable stretch of taxiway/ aircraft pan, clearing the way for the restoration project to go ahead. Next stage is to clear the land and erect the fence extension, and then put the team together. Already have one volunteer chippy,two qualified volunteer electricians but need a couple more wood workers please.
It would be really nice to put this iconic and unique control tower(once a cab shelter on Weston seafront in the 1920s) back into its original condition.
Alongside this restoration the museum will be refurbishing the derelict 1940s pilots block and looking for a paiproject manager for 18 months part time to oversee assembly of oral histories of former local aviation factory and airfield employees and material for new display on the history of aviation at Weston super Mare,working with local college and schools. This job will be advertised shortly but if anyone out there is interested and has requisite experience send your cv to [email]helimuseum@btconnect.com[/email]
Exciting times ahead……
By: scotavia - 28th January 2015 at 16:08
Moggy , you can scroll down this informative newsletter for such an image
http://www.hmfriends.org.uk/members.htm
By: Moggy C - 28th January 2015 at 13:15
Are any images available showing what it will look like once completed?
Moggy
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January 27, 2015 at 5:35 pm