Puma rebuild update from Newark, noted on the Interweb!!

“Following an assessment of the recent Puma spare parts donation; the Team Leader for the Puma Rebuild has just issued a new ‘Parts Requirements List’ – full details can be downloaded from the following weblink.

http://newarkairmuseum.org/Puma_Assistance_2020 “

More from Newark Air Museum: “The museum website has been updated with details of the Order & Collect system that is being re-introduced for the Museum Shop from Saturday 14th November, 2020 – more details in here! http://newarkairmuseum.org/latest-news “

Another update from Newark Air Museum:

“An interim update has been added to the NAM website about closing from Thursday 5th November under Lockdown; until then we will remain open under Nottinghamshire Tier 3 Regulations i.e. access to external exhibits only at a reduced cost; Museum Shop open etc.

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum_To_Close “

More from Newark: 

“The new Tier 3+ Covid Regulations for Nottinghamshire will impact on what we can offer at the museum from Friday – details will be confirmed tomorrow! 

‘Normal’ opening on Thursday – bring your waterproof clothing!!”

News out of Newark today!

“Look out for the museum on the The Gadget Show this evening; Channel 5 @ 7pm; it was used as a location for an item about Vlogging Tech. 

We’re not 100% certain of the content but there might be some possible coverage about our Puma rebuild on XW208!”

Tweet from Newark this morning:

“A gentle reminder to everyone that we have cancelled the #Aeroboot #Aerojumble sale that was due to take place tomorrow 26.09.20 – sorry for the cancellation! http://newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Events However the #museum is still open for normal visit!”

Quite a bit of Harvard news flying around out of NAM at the moment:

“There’s currently lots of chatter on Twitter about the decision from earlier this week that the in-depth Harvard restoration project will eventually see the aircraft returned to the original RCAF markings it wore as FE930.

This will be in honour of the Canadian personnel who trained with 1661HCU at wartime RAF Winthorpe.

The museum is now trying to firm up the details of those wartime markings in Canada.”

Online tickets might help solve one of the issues. That said NAM hasn’t gone down that route for its main admissions since it reopened and is ticking over quite steadily – sadly a standalone system just for an Aeroboot would not provide a worthwhile return on any investment.

Likewise it would no doubt create other issues for both buyers and sellers; some of whom aren’t even on the Internet. Some business/bookings are still made via landline telephones, letter, cheques and even the odd postal order!