Also in the static are Sea Harrier, Lynx 3/7/8 and Sea King 4, Seahawk, Sea Fury and Skyraider etc are also due to fly in a short display for the anniversary of the RNR Air Branch also being held at VL tomorrow. Anyone wishing to fly in a historic aircraft can turn up on the day at the Fleet Air Arm Museum and ask the ticket office staff to put you in touch with the organisers who will be happy for you to pay on the day. Its all in a good cause to help keep the RNHF in the air.

Interesting, I notice the radome is not fitted, wonder if its a case of not yet done or something else

Still at Goose, needs new engine, subject to unpaid bills is the latest rumour doing the rounds

Dave T, if you empty your message box you will get my pm with the information you asked for, I am getting a reply saying your message box is full

FAAM handed ZA195 back to the MOD some time ago on paper, the airframe remained in outside storage at Cobham Hall, it has now been sold by Disposal Sales and left Cobham Hall earlier this week.
The type example, XZ499 is tucked up safely inside Cobham Hall, however we would like to aquire another example to use as a gate guard at the front of the museum, something that has been needed since XK488 went into Cobham Hall

Ah yes, the ‘prototype’ FRS2. Thought that chess board looked famliar.

Thought it was in store in the Cobham hall at Yeovilton ?

Enroute to somewhere. Perhaps FAAM have been allocated (purchased ?) a better example ?

Anyone know more ? :confused:

It also says its “in keeping with common practice” (to prevent people using cameras and notepads), is this true of most other museums? I seem to recall there being no such limitation at Duxford, Hendon, Lambeth, Kensington etc etc.

At FAAM Yeovilton and Cobham Hall you are more than welcome to take photographs as certain people on this thread already know for your own private collections, the only restriction is if they are taken for commercial gain, then we expect a fee

When I visited the restoration shop at Yanks Air Museum at Chino in September last, they were working on a R-4, could have been the same one

Forgot to mention that following some repairs the Sopwith Triplane will return to the main exhibition hall to replace N500, the flying Triplane replica which departed from FAAM today for its usual summer season of show dates