Happy Birthday Roy,

Hope you have a gud un matey. 😀

Great news that the DC-6 is in demand for displays.

You mention that she is booked for several displays this year, can you confirm which ones she is going to be at?

Oh poor old Kev. Do you not realise some of us work all dayand dont have time to visit the forums as we are so busy???????

But like all good soap plot lines we all remember in the end it was just one big surprise to make you feel unloved. Honest 😉

Happy birthday big fella, will buy you a drink when I see you next. 😀

Congratulations Peter. Heres to another 3500 :p

Here’s a few of our Whirlwind.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=&airlinesearch=&placesearch=&countrysearch=&adv_remark=&photographersearch=&emailsearch=&regsearch=g-apwn&cnsearch=&codesearch=&datesearch=&id=&yearsearch=&specialsearch=&specialsearch2=&sort_order=photo_id+desc&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&maxres=500&advanced_search=true&engine_version=6.0

Oooops all in the old colours Im afraid 😀

Weve given you a sneaky pic of the old girl and I think that if anyone is interested in seeing some more of her new colours they should come along to our museum and have a peek at her.

As nice as posting on the web is it don’t pay for the materials to restore,paint and care for our ladies 😉

All I will say and no disrespect to the pic Les posted, it doesnt do her justice, you need a full on side view to appreciate the new scheme and realise just how diff and atractive she now looks.

You say the camera needed protecting from the rain? I think it was you that needed that matey.

Never seen someone go so blue before. With every min that went by you looked more and more like Papa Smurf. 😮

Bloomin wet and windy but well worth the trip.

As much as I hope the Vulcan flys my money and support went to the Lightning Preservation Group. Fantastic project and cant wait to see the QRA shed operational.

Nice posting youve done there Les,

Ive got to agree the new colour scheme looks a lot better than the last, and as you said bringing the Whirlwind upsite really does allow the museum to make more use of her.

I think Malc compared the new scheme to that of a Moggy Minor such as Nurse Glady’s from Open All Hours would drive. Odd comparison but we nodded our heads in agreement if only to make him feel better. 😉

Glad you liked mine and Marks efforts with the outline on the grass. Time and poor weather stopped us being really silly and getting the whole shape marked out, and also adding COMING SOON in big letters across the marked out wings. 😀