Period cover art from The Aero in 1910 on this link!

Someone called – sadly they haven’t booked a table for March 12th 🙂

Weren’t these types of sale fairly common in times gone by?

My late father’s adoptive family tell many tales of massive sales at RAF Balderton just before the runways were ripped up to allow for the ‘dualling’ of the A1 in the late 1950s / early 1960s IIRC – “Miles of wooden crates covering all the runways and taxiways!”

Perhaps it was all those Australian Spitfires!!! 😀

The first part was an attempt at humour, whilst raising awareness of the recently launched 2011 event – hence the original smiley!

The second part was a serious attempt to suggest to you an opportunity of perhaps meeting like minded individuals who have pursued similar rebuilds to what is being discussed for the Whirlwind. They then displayed their efforts at the event e.g. the excellent Hornet rebuild by one of the forumites. Others have just brought plans or set up PCs showing CAD drawings to illustrate their project! 🙂

Have got a lot of decent info but there is still a lot of guestimation to be undertaken at the moment (thats half way between a guess and an estimate).

Have got a lot towards being able to construct the cockpit area with reasonable accuracy ,a lot of dimensioned stuff and detail on the centre section but the rear fuselage and the outer wings are a bit of a mystery at present.

I’m afraid this has been bubbling around for this thread for a few days now … will it be at Cockpit-Fest? :diablo:

Joking aside, it might be a chance for some face to face dialogue with owners of similar projects!

A good outcome! 🙂

pagen, I’m not sure if it’s one of NAM’s regulars as it’s not something I’ve heard of before and I’ve published interviews with most of them.

If you spoke to the person during last year’s Cockpit-Fest it’s likely to have been someone from the Shackleton Association and they tend to only help out at Cockpit-Fest or any special Shackleton events. That said I believe they may be back ‘on duty’ at this year’s Cockpit-Fest on 18th & 19th June. 🙂

jr,

I hope that you are happy about what I’ve just arranged for the museum’s regular write-up Object of the Week!

This should provide four weeks worth of additional coverage about the W4270 project, by which time the Nottinghamshire Aviation Guide should have been published and be in circulation; and as you know that will feature the Staunton-in-the-Vale location in the Memorials section.

If you have a problem with the item on the NAM website please let me know and I will get it changed.

“We will remember them.”

Details about the event this year have been added to the News Page of the museum website and this includes an email link to request a participation form / invitation to participate.

There will be an Outdoor Aeroboot running alongside the event as per usual! 🙂