4 November UPDATE
A busy week!
On Tuesday the BBC Radio Newcastle Blue Bus arrived to do a show, and had a good bit of air-time talking about Ghosts – Scary Linda was on the radio… scary!
On Saturday one of Dunc’s mates arrived. In style….. A gazelle flew in for most of the afternoon!
Today:
Lightning News – The stbd side of the new fin has been painted and looks superb, and the forward fuselage has had its undercoat applied. The panels and holes are being sealed to prevent water ingress when it is wheeled outside… Those who are able to come to the museum can see what the new scheme will be – there’s a local connection. I’m not telling on here until the roll out!:p
Bloodhound news: The outside Bloodhound is finally off those ugly sleepers and sits merrily on a new stand.
Gazelle News: Semi-Hogg and Dunc are plodding on with the re-build, and the museum resembles a helecopter factory at present with the sheer amount of kit lying about. Next on the list is an overhaul and re-cert of the rotor head. They are deadly serious about getting the thing to a ground running status, and its going to be awesome when they are finished.
Vulcan News: The spine panels have been fitted. The forward panel is Clico’ed on, but the second panel is complete and riveted. The port fin panel has also been riveted on. We are getting there! Next week, the forward spine panel will be completed and the stbd fin panel can be removed. After that
we start on the BIG fin panels…..
JRXL319 took some photos, so hopefully he’ll post them here or send them to me and I’ll do it!
Link news: The small link trainer map table has been restored, and work can now concentrate on the trainer itself.
Web news: http://www.neam.org.uk is always being updated, so keep checking!
While I remember – has anyone got TWO Bloodhound Mk1 tail fins that they want to go to a good home?….
Til next time…:D
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