Hi all,
Just a brief update from me while I have a moment to myself.
Work continued this saturday with our carpenter getting stuck into the deicers on the port wing. He’s making really good progress, having nearly completed the section between the inboard engines. There are several large boxes that have appeared over the weekend full of bits for the pre-oiling system too!
Sunday saw the fence that usually runs alongside us gone, and the airfield full for the fly-in. We had WR963 open at 9am, and from that point onwards we had a full aircraft, and a good queue all day! None of the team got more than a half hour break, and we finally managed to close at 5.30pm (after all the cadets, fire crews, police had been for a look!).
We estimate we must have had about 500 people through the aeroplane and we only had to upset one person who thought it was great fun to start flicking switches (including the mag switches, despite the visible signs saying “DON’T” … naughty boy!) Sorry to say, but USA, he was one of yours and he wasn’t a youngster.
Most of the comments about the aircraft were good, though there are a few that don’t want to see it white. The one I felt most sorry for was the gentleman who was on Shackletons with 38 Sqn, who was a little peeved that his squadrons colours are being replaced.
Interesting visitors included Sqn Ldr Pablo Mason, and a gentleman who produced a letter from his cousin telling him to look out for WR963 as he was her pilot on 224 Sqn on Gibraltar… so he was really pleased with paint choice! In light of the new colours, he’s going to get his cousin to come up and see us.
Sorry there’s no photos of 963 this time around as none of us got chance to take any… but it was a cracking event, and we got a few shots of the other big Avro (the opposition! :p ) as most people dashed outside to see her. I’ll put them up later on the fly-in thread.
Regards,
Ric
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