Anon,
I left a message at the museum this morning to reconfirm your early delivery; I will confirm later that everything is OK! P.S. the locksmith arrives at 1.30pm!! :diablo:
Rocketeer,
Why do I have to convey the bad news – Saturday’s evening roast is beef not pork! (majority vote I’m told) 😮
On the plus side I have two bottles of Speyside single malt whisky “aged for 10 years”, which I’m trying to decide what to do with. They were part of a fund raising package for 3 (Fighter) Squadron’s 95th Anniversary Celebrations in 2007 – now the question is should they be a simple raffle prize or used for a ‘Cockpit-Fest Prize’ category? :confused:
I’ve been covering the museum email account this week (Curator on holiday) and I know that Bill has forwarded your last email on to the Curator and Restoration Manager – so everything should be OK, but I’ll make a quick call first thing to just check!
IIRC the area the North West contingient has been allocated is marked up on the official site plan as ‘ghetto!’ 😀
As things start to arrive next week regular updates should start to appear on the NAM website News Page!! 🙂
Our HS748, G-ORAL “The Paper Plane” left Hooton on Saturday and is due to be delivered to Newark Monday. We’ve filled it full of our aeroboot stuff and other gear to save having to road that stuff over separately. Well it was a freight aeroplane after all!
Anon.
:diablo: Thanks for the ‘heads-up’ – we’ll see how much we can move before the weekend!! 😮
Joking aside the Aeroboot turn out is looking good, albeit the Cockpit-Fest entries seem to be down a bit – we’ve got some media coverage lined up this week, which should help with the punters!! 😀
There must be plenty around – Newark had 6 disappear during the April Indoor Aeroboot!! 😡
Still looking good for next weekend!! 🙂
Pale blue seaplane fuselage parked up on a trailer on a house drive in the Rise Park / Bestwood area of Nottingham (Bestwood park Drive) – too much traffic to stop and check it out! :confused: Any ideas – Sea Bee?? :confused: ex-Tollerton??
:confused: Earlier in the week I heard a whisper that they were bringing a Horsa fusleage section for display at Cockpit-Fest; although it’s not gone on the NAM website! :confused:
Details of a new book “RAF SKELLINGTHORPE – Lancaster Station at War” have just been posted on the news page of the NAM website, which I understand has been published in time for some forthcoming anniversary at this former Lincolnshire bomber station.
Also details have been updated about the Night Shoot event on 23 October, 2010.
This may help explain the nice graphics we saw earlier in the year! 🙂
Cockpit-Fest 2010 – 19 & 20 June
Cockpit-Fest Sunday morning looks like being rather busy (particularly if you’re also into cars) with details having been update on the museum website about the TVR car group that is planning to visit –
“TVR Club Rally on Sunday June 20th – anticipated that up to 120 cars will be on site between 8.30am and 11.00am to take in the cockpits and other attractions!”
It was still sat there late last week!
Aeroboot – June 19 & 20, 2010
Confirmation received that the Aeroboot now has 32 sellers trading on one or more days of this two day event.
Still time to book a space and please remember that you have to pre-book to have a stand at the Aeroboot that runs alongside Cockpit-Fest – there will be NO pitches available on the day.
Cockpit-Fest 2010 – 19 & 20 June
Another Cockpit-Fest update has gone onto the NAM website!
Sadly no new cockpits to report but there are several changes to the details of the supporting displays at the event including: ground running demonstrations by an Alvis Leonides and some impromptu Photographic Opportunities during the event.
I’m also hearing that some additional Aeroboot stall bookings have been received – but until they’re all processed I don’t have full details!
:diablo: Now there is perhaps more of a chance that the Su-7 will make it to C-Fest …..
…..one day! 😀
Bill O’Sullivan (Cockpit-Fest organiser) has been compiling a record of the Flying Ops of Vulcan XM594 for NAM.
IIRC one of the entries for the aircraft records a 28 day ‘Dispersed Op’ at Thurleigh, Beds – the aim of which was to prove the longevity of such ops! Rather cruelly IMO the families were bussed down from Lincs to ‘see’ their loved ones over the fence.
The following article by Sqn Ldr Philip Goodall on the V-Force Reunion website sheds a bit of light on ‘Dispersed Ops’ http://www.vforcereunion.co.uk/article8.html 🙂