Here is another site, has a bit of brit stuff….
http://www.adf-serials.com

great to see the pics. Thanks..
Yes the Valley inn, not big on the inside when we were there, but the atmosphere was great, that was 1987….
Was last there around 99-2000. The doorway was through a brist frieght nose and the mossie was awaiting the jig/ frame and a very nice vampire cockpit…
sounds like things are happening……

Appreciate the comments and love the history of the plane to.
Don’t forget that the ventura was last worked on around 20yrs ago, I still have a pic or 2 of it outside.
I believe that the issues you refer too are not entirely leadership related…Motat covers a vast spectrum of transport and tech, each section, i understand believes that their section is the most important i.e. rail, trams, military etc. I suspect that they submit to a management for funding, each ara not necessairly being given $x,000 per year and as my job tells me, managent teams can suck up the money before it even reachs the projects……
The leadership does appear stronger than it has in the past as the groups appear much more focused on a few projects rather than all the aircraft waiting, just waitng their turn… rather than too fewer reasources spread too far.

Anyway should get along tomorrow to see where things are at…

sad about the huson but….

I find your comments about a typical motst job quiet sad and narrow…
Did you not see the ag wagon striped to the skeleton, the avenger with a significant amount of work going on. Oh and what about the mosquito, on it’s wing and now finally going fwd.

In my time of visiting the museum I have seen a huge change in the direction and quality of work being undertaken…..although sadly these men aren’t getting younger so the no. of people working is suffering.

Unfortunately motat hasn’t had a great name for it’s airframe storage but there is significant hope for the future if their press releases, reported in flypast come into existance…..Motat I see through the net, isn’t the only place that currently has frames outside…..but hopefully things will change in my lifetime.

great site.
Especially love the views of the Hawker Nimrod.
Interesting cockpit…..built at a time I guess that a]crossing the road and flying were on about the same danger level…..