Booked a couple of tickets. Looking forward to it.

Interested in the whole de-act/replica/blank firing thing and was thinking how it affects bombs, missiles and rockets and how are they de-activated? Are all those on display in museums training and inert or are some de-activated?

There is going to be some tests run today and tomorrow on short wave. Using Lorenz teleprinter signals. http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/

On a different note anyone know anything about the Harrier parked up there?

Don’t think the Petitions website can do much. I would imagine there is little No 10 can do for an aircraft owned by a foreign national. You would pretty much get a response back claiming so.

True, but if enough people apply some pressure on our government to fight for the EU to change their views on all large vintage aircraft it surely will be for the greater good of all including ‘Sally B’

Done it:D

Downloaded great here. Thanks

Most museum’s to me, should display artifacts and such as is, and not interfered with apart from preservation work to slow down or halt decay. They should be identified and labeled as to what they are. Possibly a restored version close by to show where the artifact would fit. Now when i go to somewhere like Duxford or Old Warden i see Airworthy aircraft that are exciting to see and hear, much like the re-enactors of battles a joy to behold. How many Airworthy aircraft are original or are they really replicas with and original part or two? It makes me think abut the woman who had kept the same broom for 30 years which had five new handles and eight new heads.

Nice to see so much work going on at NEAM.

Just for interest, how many visitors come to NEAM each day?

Is the income from visitors enough to fund the Museums running costs and the restoration projects?

Me and the wife called in Monday 27th and asked about your whereabouts LL.