not a clue. I think the Vulcan and Hunter are OK, everything else has had the instruments removed where there was deemed to be a risk…

Brittania: Its 10 miles, maximum. get the metro to the Stadium of light or the centre of town, then get the bus (56 or X88) to nissan. It will take an hour max. The chairman comes from Keilder, Misha is from Newcastle too, (and I live half a mile away, so I can’t comment…..). The air cadets from Chester-le-Street have also started coming down. Our memebrs come from miles around. There is nothing to say you have to treat it like a job… once a month is better than nothing! We have alot going on. Thanks for the interest, and the pics of 319 (Mine always end up too small on here…)

What is the reasoning behind the move of the Lightning and F-100 outside. Surely this just makes more targets for the vandals ?

Well, you know Chris better than I do……

The shed which those two are in is a bit crowded and is also the restoration hangar now. (things have been moved around since you were there a couple of weeks ago…) The Whilwind is now nestled alonside the F100 and the JP. I don’t think the move will be for a while, like I said earlier, the Dove is about to join them in there and possibly some other hardy airframes (helecopters). The Sea Venom is to be extracted from its tomb in the Romney and placed in the main hangar. When the lightning is painted and fixed it will be positioned close to where the Canberra is now with its tail towards the fence thus shielding the canopy from gun shots…! As usual, the problem is of space.

Partially being the correct word here. That link shows a good photo. You can see the rather interesting green, brown, grey and rust upper surface scheme. During the repaint, corrosion was discovered on the spar caps, and this (as well as a lack of paint) stopped work. Work is going to re-start. This week.

post a pic, lets see what you mean….

Now there’s a thought. 😀

First and foremost, we need to stop the thing crumbling into the ground. A tanker conversion would be pretty expensive to retrofit, and difficult to get right. A good idea, but we have more pressing issues to deal with first.

Well……. hopefully. We are chasing a number of sources for main undercarriage leg doors – ours are a touch frilly…. Sponsorship is being sought for the paint. The initial plan is to get a nice protective coat on her, (post skin repairs) in the same colours as the is now – the camo upper and light grey underside. I for one, hope that once she has a roof over her, then an anti flash white scheme can be applied. But that’s just my preference!

It may be possible that we will be disposing of our Vampire T11 in the near future – currently we have a Sea Venom and a Vampire FB5 on the site, so the T11 may be surplus to requirements.

The DH Dove is going to be placed in the storage hangar on sunday, which will free up considerable space in the main hangar. Doves are a bit bigger than you would think!

In a sad reversal of fortune, the F100 and the Lightning are moving outside. The Lightning is to be painted and the fin fitted before it does, but I’m not sure of the F100. Don’t worry too much – both airframes will be completely sealed before seeing the typical Northern weather.

Alot depends on getting some ISO containers for use as our stores. We have the former entrance building as a store for now, but we would like to open it back up to the public possibly containing the engine collection and the Wreckology items.

Oh, and Peter, I can’t claim that I’m doing all of this – I’m just a volunteer. The work that goes on behind the scenes is just as important as the people who make things look nice, if not more so. Everyone there pulls their weight (in some cases, thats alot of weight! 😉 ) I’ll get me coat