DB – Tried e-mailing them, but no reply, that said, it wasn’t about the glass. I’ll try again. Cheers

edit: TVOC (Mr. Edmondson) e-mailed with a grovelling request… my knees are sore…

bump! Won’t do it again… promise…

NEXT WEEKEND!!!! 😀

LoL well the goats ate me coat and I tripped over that dog that cannot be named trying to run thru door 😀

LL have u guys got a decent model Vulcan?

Bex

We have a 1:72 Vulc. Its a damn site better than I could do! Its even got its own cabinet and plinth!! (Terribly sorry to hear about the coat….)

Can’t imagine for a second TVOC giving us some glass, dispite having given them some internal bits already. Still, stranger things have happened. One rumour was that they may be donating a set of U/c leg doors, but I won’t hold my breath. Rumour Control is at its highest state of alert….

TWO VULCANS!!!!

hehe. Yeah. Thats hopefully what we will be doing. The new hardstanding could be made right up to the hedge on the bottom of the pic and extended to the left around the dog-leg in the hangar – enough room for a freshly painted cranberry…. or a FSM hurricane/spitfire…. Sadly all of this is just planning as yet – lack of concrete stops play!

Considered electrifying the fence, or buying a rotweiler, but this was met with incredulous looks and being handed my coat. Bex, you’ll know all about coats, doors, goats and a dog which cannot be named…..:D

Lightning again – the vertical height problem may exist inside the hangar too, plus its difficult enough towing the damn thing about over soft marshy gravel without balancing it on a trolley…. *note to self – fix the nose wheel steering!!! – lack of castoring makes life difficult!*

And finally, yes a structural engineer would have to be called regardless of the weight of the aircraft… 🙁

Neil, I like the idea of new signs, as well as the boards in the main hangar. We are looking to install a few boards for an aviation art gallery in there, as something may be happening to the engine display room where the pictures are now, which will mean that the room must be empty! (or rather filled with something else)

As for gun emplacements – don’t laugh but the Bofors gun will be kept outside in its own revetment including barbed wire, sand bags, etc… its just deciding where to put it….

Keep it all coming guys. Thanks!

Wow your getting quite a resume with work on lusty lindy, XL319 and PA474!

Lindy was a long time ago… ahh, those were the days…;)
PA474 was the first proper job I had in civvie street post Newcastle Aviation Academy. (Now its all down hill with faceless Airbus A310’s, etc…)

Thanks for your help. I’m very interested. What activities could I expect to do on the Vulcan if I was to turn up?

Intense supervision for a start! Do you have any working knowledge of aircraft?

Jobs right now include: Full wash, corrosion treatment on the spar caps, cockpit spruce up (clean and seal the canopy) ready for visitors for Jeeps and Jets weekend. (see Jeeps and Jets thread).

The way ahead is to come down for a few weeks to see if you like it, and take it from there. We have alot more than the Vulcan which needs doing. Best thing is to come down on a sunday, and find me. (John)

Would it be worth trying to organise a dedicated working party day?

We try and have one once a month at Speke (in addition to normal weekend activities) and we average about 15 people coming to work on the Brit. Admittedly the nature of the project is different in that CF is in bits but the essence is the same.

Sunday is the day. Usually during the week, there may be one or two people kicking about, but on Sunday the work gets done. I’m lucky in the fact that I live within spitting distance of the museum and can just pop over whenever I have ten minutes spare. Some members have their own projects which they plod on with, the Gazelle being a prime example, but usually such people have other commitments which means that they can’t always get there on a Sunday. The stalwart of the museum, Billy, looks after the place 6 days a week, cutting the grass and being the shop assistant, etc.

Regards the Vulcan, we simply don’t have enough people to form a working party. There are a number of us who float about doing a bit of everything, and I think that it is us who will chip in on the Vulcan. Maybe one or two people on the beastie full time, with help when needed. She certainly is THE priorty museum-wide now. As always, weather permitting.

Great work on the Brit, by the way!