I’ve just received an email from one of the V-Force event organisers about their website and the event next year.

“Just to let you know we have just updated the http://www.vforcereunion.co.uk/ website.

Not a lot new, just the latest figures on those who have already completed and sent in an enquiry form which are encouraging. There’s no harm if you send us an enquiry form and subsequently are unable to attend – there’s no commitment.

We have some new pictures, a nice Victor tanker shot sent by Tony Cunnane, former Victor tanker captain and one time OC VSU, and a couple of nice shots of XH 558 displaying at Blackpool recently, taken by Don Chadwick.”

It’s good to be able to report some positive news on the research front – the museum has been advised of an original RAF Winthorpe building that was formerly in the base MT Section and it is still in day to day use in the local area!

Bizarrely I’ve passed the building on a regular basis for more than 30 years and I’ve never noticed the former military structure behind the main building facade.

I visited the site this morning and with the owner’s permission photographed the building (inside and out) in its current location. As the saying goes about these parts …………….. it’ll be in the book!! 😉

It’s a bit like a bus, two reports, one straight after the other – great work guys and gals, and the photographs are the right way round as well!! 😀

The project is now also being featured elsewhere including on our host’s website http://www.key.aero/view_article.asp?ID=6733&thisSection=historic along with several other locations – nice to see various pieces of coverage for this iconic British aeroplane!

An update has been added in here that contains details of the more than 300 second-hand books that are part of the sale at Newark on Saturday 7th September 2013.

Also in the gallery page there’s an album of Automotive Visitors to NAM – Truck-Fest 2013 takes place on the Showground next weekend!!

Any car owners who fancy photographing their ‘pride & joy’ with NAM’s Viggen can now do so on Sunday 29th September 2013.

Further details in the usual place!

Just a quick ‘heads-up’ that this coming Sunday (1st September) the museum will be hosting its annual visit from the RAF Swinderby ‘old-boys’ reunion group!