So, any truth to the rumour they were lost by the understudy for the part of Tinman in the stage version of Wizard of Oz? :diablo:

Hi guys,
on a similar note is there some sort of part time apprenticship scheme for people looking at aircraft restoration as a hobby. Things such as sheet metal work, riveting etc etc?

Thanks
668

Go here:
http://www.covell.biz/

Click on “workshops”

Scroll down & it lists one in the UK, but no date yet. You’l leave his workshop a LOT smarter & more able than when you walked in.

& if you can afford it:
http://www.lazzemetalshaping.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=18

https://www.tinmantech.com/html/workshop_courses.php#intensive

You absolutely will not regret taking any of those courses.

Then register at this place:
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/index.php
& start reading 🙂

Ditto this place:
http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbumdirectory.cgi

AND! remember this:
Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

I think when considering if an artifact is a bit ghoulish and not suitable to save or display one needs to fast forward 500 years and look at it from their perspective.
Its a good job the tower of london’s artifacts were saved for us to enjoy.

Graham

Indeed, theres a church(?) someplace in the UK where the main door has some poor ******s hide stuck to it….

I don’t think anyone has any problem whatsoever with the engineers, volunteers etc. No-one has a problem with the grass root supporters, some of whom have donated extraordinary amounts. Rather, it is the management that are to blame. And for the management then to lay the blame entirely on the people who have supported them most is incredibly insulting. If the project is to be a failure, it is a failure of management and management alone.

Regards,

kev35

Pretty much nailed it.

Yes I think you might find that as redundant airfields get converted for housing etc, plans will be submitted for alternative use of some of the established ‘harder to demolish buildings’.

Similar to the way railway arches are used in London etc.. 🙂

That is sad news ,it will go where most of the money is , to the USA ,just like Grumpy,Tigercat, P47 ,and many others

Terry

The Tigercat is back in it’s old hangar…I was working on it just this week.

In late 1944, Grumman at Bethpage, NY, began production of the Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat. In addition to the single seat fighter variant, two additional variants were called for by the Navy, the Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat (photo-recon) and the Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat (night-fighter). To expedite production all aircraft were completed as F7F-3s at Grumman Bethpage, NY. Subsequently, the Ps and Ns were accepted at Grumman and ferried to the Navy Lockheed Service Center in Van Nuys, CA, where they were completed for final delivery to operating units.

From here:
http://mar-prod.com/plantsvny/LVNY.htm

That’s the hangar it’s in right now, next to the DC3. & across from the DC2.

I currently have 3 books on the go. Two are reprints from 1942.
This:
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks3/airc/index.html

& this:
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks7/airweld/index.html

& the other is Shop Class as SoulCraft, Here’s the original essay which became the basis for the book:
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/shop-class-as-soulcraft