:confused: It’s all down to ‘auto-running’ and how the chapters are formatted on DVDs – but I’ll still ask!
Hopefully we won’t be waiting until April but I don’t know for certain as everything is with the team at NCC – even if we do have to wait IMHO it will be well worth the wait! 🙂
Sadly Frog Shackleton’s don’t hold quite the same values as they once did – that said the volume of other material that was bequeathed is astounding!
The airport shop at East Midlands must be missing one of its best customers!!
I’m fairly certain that displays will be in Hangar 2 again but I would need to check about the cinema idea. IIRC the programmes in there now run off a pre-programmed hard drive of some sort and I’m not sure how easy it is to add or remove footage. I will ask!
There’s a bit more about the new Halam (now spelt correctly) memorial on the village website http://www.halam.org.uk/home.htm this relates to Lancaster ED823 from 1661 HCU at RAF Winthorpe.
The previously mentioned major model / die-cast bequest has grown much bigger than anticipated and this will still start to be sold off during the Indoor Aeroboot on March 12th.
Rather than try to produce a list we’ve added some photographs into an Album on the Photo Gallery page of the website, hopefully more picture will be added before the event!
I noticed that the HLF signage was up around the chapel area this morning for the Friends of Newark Cemetery project; which will a good scheme when it moves forward.
You know that you’re always welcome at Cockpit-Fest; you could put up the displays this year if you wanted and we could get some cadets to keep an eye on it for you.
The Notts booklet looks OK although we’ve held it back slightly to be able to include the new memorial at Halam, which is being part funded by the same Nottinghamshire County Council Local Improvement Scheme grant body. As soon as it’s ready I’ll be letting everyone know. 🙂
Loads of traffic in here some going back more than 40 years! 😀
jr,
I paid my respects to ‘Herb’ this morning; the flowers still looked nice and the note is legible – a moment of reflection on a cold Notts morning! 🙂
Confirmation of the first booking for the 2011 event has just been uploaded here – Lightning F6 XS932! 🙂
So what will be next?
Another nice little ‘boost’ for the Indoor Aeroboot on 12th March, with the first ever Aeroboot listing on the BBC Nottingham website – that could be an interesting challenge if asked to explain in an interview what it’s all about! 😀
Fingers crossed we’re planning to do the free ‘Roast; and ‘Liquid Refreshments’ again on Saturday evening; details tbc! 🙂
Indoor Aeroboot – sold out!
Just received notification that the Indoor Aeroboot Sale on Saturday 12th March 2011 has now sold out all of the 48 tables – so now it’s down to finding those buyers! 🙂
Also a new Album has been added to the Gallery page of the website that features pictures from the N Franklin photographic collection of early museum acquisitions – starting with the Wallace fuselage.
IIRC – there were 3 Wallace fuselage frames recovered, which I assume all went to the RAFM; plus the wing sections from the Bucks / Berks area!
One of the Wallace fuselages is pictured in a new Album that has been added to the Gallery page of the museum website.
I don’t believe there’s any rush to return paperwork but I just wanted to make sure that everyone has a copy that needs it! 🙂
Wallace – IIRC using some remains left over from the RAFM restoration, which was based on the Cranwell fuselages recovered by the founders of Newark Air Museum in the mid 1960s!
‘Fair-weather Cockpiteer!!’ 😀
Only joking – fly safely Neil!! 🙂
Sounds like a ‘famous’ addition to the event – do you have copies of the event booking forms etc?