10 Feb 2008 UPDATE

Just a quick one for you all this week:

The lightning team are progressing the spine panel manufacture. Its slow work, but its getting there. They are ready to position the new fin as soon as the markings are applied.

The Vulcan skin repairs are progressing too. We had the first sunny day since October, so the Clico pins which were holding one of the panels on, have been removed and the panel riveted on. I have removed the stbd side fin root panels (Photos later). They are the last complex panels to be replaced and hopefully will be finished by next week, ready for fitting. The next job is to remove and replace the four huge panels on the fin itself! There are about 1000 avdel rivets in each one……..

The job we really need to get on with is the wheels – we need to get all of the wheels servicable! All we need is a swan-neck, bottle jack, wheel nut removal tool, a week off work, some sunny weather…………….

Thats it for now. Pictures to follow later.
LL

Hi LL

Good news about the shop. Please check your PMs…:)

Cheers

Simon

Recieved and replied…!:cool:

Twin – the register reflects preservation. The preservation of aircraft in the U.k is overwelmingly military . Any new register will just reflect this again.
This is an issue that preservation as a whole needs to address in the U.K

The register reflects museum preservation….

View this thread as a way of addressing any shortfalls in the register itself. Some useful things have come to light already….:D Perhaps this is a way in which ‘internet preservationists’ can REALLY change things for the better….

The fact that the average restorer has more opportunity to preserve military aircraft than civillian ones is perhaps not an indication of how biased we are, but more a reflection of the hardships faced when restoring / storing / maintaining civillian types….. as well as the cost of the average airliner!