It’ll be another ‘Godwin’ moment!
NAM now has a full listing on Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire’s Education website – as detailed here!
This includes downloadable resources for teachers, which are in addition to the facilitated activities on World War II, Principles of Flight and transportation that are now being delivered on a regular basis at the museum.
Hopefully this listing will encourage more schools to visit the museum during the coming weeks and months!
I’m at the event all day, you’ll have to come over and have a word.
NAM’s got more involved through Experience Nottinghamshire and the County Council. It’s slowly getting its World War I offering together as mentioned in this news item and also in this one.
I’m bringing along a hand-carved scale model of a Bristol F.2B Fighter, which is one of several similar models that will form part of NAM’s World War I display next year. These are amongst 50 or so accessed World War I items in NAM’s care.
I’ll also have a PowerPoint display running that features Capt Albert Ball VC and Sqn Ldr C Browne; plus items from the NAM Archive.
It’s been tagged onto the end of this thread http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?123758-Comet-XK699
Rich, the AP that NAM has in its Archive details check routines for various control boxes but this seems to be for an ‘off-aircraft’ type text-rig of some kind – might this be of use?
The Curator has a great deal of ‘comms’ experience and he wonders whether you have more of a cabling / connection problem.
A brief travel update has been added to the NAM website, which relates to the annual Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show (9th & 10th November); plus the half-term trail competition winners have been listed on the News & Information page!
Welcome to the forum Matt and thank you for taking the time to reply to my enquiry – I’m sorry to hear what has happened to the collection.
The information that you have provided answers one of several questions relating to a research project over in Lincolnshire that I’m personally involved with, so it has been very useful to my research. If the collection had still been in existence then in might have featured in a forthcoming publication.
Strike’s me that #114 is a classic case for Godwin’s Law to be invoked!
Strike’s me that #114 is a classic case for Godwin’s Law to be invoked!
No problem – I forgot to mention, in edition 13 there was no mention of Market Rasen!
It might be worthwhile asking the question on the contact board of this site http://www.vforcereunion.co.uk/ – features all trades so someone might have been involved in moving it to the ATC Squadron!
Sorry for the delayed feedback today (busy preparing a World War I Notts Aviation Powerpoint presentation for next Saturday)!
Under the Market Rasen location:
Wrecks & Relics 11 lists it as follows – “By 10/86 an ATC unit here was noted to have the cockpit section of a Vulcan. More details appreciated.”
Wrecks & Relics 12 lists it as follows – “Circa 1988 the anonymous Vulcan nose held with an ATC unit here was scrapped due to its poor condition. What chance now of finding out which one it was?”
Back to the Powerpoint!! 🙂
Only a few days to wait for this programme, but still no one owning up – except RS! 😀
Complete ‘period’ airframes may be a little large for a 10 day move – where’s the studio?
Just a brief update today to say that the timings for the museum’s Remembrance Day Service have been added in the usual place!
……. How about Newark ? It would make a nice addition to your Saab collection, and a resident Cockpitfest exhibit.
I’ll flag it up Wulfie, but I suspect that the cockpit canopy situation may be perceived as an issue – IIRC sometime in the past NAM had a ‘nibble’ for the complete airframe but was unsuccessful, which may also be off putting!
Interesting that another Saab items has come up at this time, I’m currently communicating with someone in Sweden about Viggens and some possible service information regarding 918 – ironically it may have suffered a lightning strike during its service career, which necessitated a significant fix to its electrics.