Apparently the Prentice and Argosy are in quite bad shape.
First let me say I have no connection with MAM. I go frequently, but as a paying visitor, because they have the only other extant and really accessible Canberra PR.3 in the world! And a friend of mine has brought it back to some semblence of life.
However, over coffees etc, I understand that a single volunteer has been working on the Prentice for a while now but can only do 1 day a week. Why not go along and see if you can help out? I realise you don’t have wheels RL but anybody can go and help out I reckon.
Also, it seems a start was made on the Argosy a couple of weeks back and from what I can see the undercarriage areas are nearly finished. The top and upper surface areas have been inspected I’m told and are in good order. The worst paint area is the leading edges, which of course is all that people see, the rest is just faded (UV action). The fuselage, booms and engines will probably not get done until next year though – again, lack of bodies.
For your interest, the Beaver has been brightened up by “T-cutting” the existing paint rather than a complete repaint – again lack of bodies I think. My understanding is that most of their volunteer effort has lately gone into the Vulcan making it presentable for the recent re-naming ceremony (by Coventry’s Lord Mayor I believe). The tin triangle is now named City of Coventry with a rather natty coat of arms on the nose.
Lightning Nut
What frightning, there’s two.
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