Does anyone have any idea why the spitfire has radiation warning signs all over its cockpit?MH

Radioactive instrument dials – therefore a Health & Safety warning to limit access?

Missed the Newark Aeroboot advanced booking rates at the bottom of the news page…

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/news.php

Agent K

I have spoken with the Curator and he told me that sadly most of the cockpit on WX905 was already gutted before it was purchased by Newark from RAF Henlow via the M.O.D.

It is only slowly being replaced as and when items become available for re-fitting, although they may have some appropriate scopes etc in their exhibition building.

Newark Air Museum have a series of Vulcan related lectures planned for later this year, which follows on from the brilliant night last May that covered Vulcan Operations and the Black Buck Raids. You get the chance to ask those involved about the Raids etc. Details are on their website at

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/specialevents.htm

But here’s what it says:

“A series of talks based on the Avro Vulcan during five decades of service with the RAF has been arranged at the Holy Trinity Community Centre, Boundary Road, Newark, NG24 4AU.

22 May 2008 @ 2000 hours – Flying the Vulcan – by Group Captain John Laycock.

21 August 2008 @ 2000 hours – Fighting the Vulcan – by Squadron Leader High Prior.

20 November 2008 @ 2000 hours – Showing the Vulcan – by Squadron Leader David Thomas.

There will be just 200 places available for each talk and tickets will cost just £5.00 per person. Details of ticket availability will be announced shortly on the News Page of the website”.

The sums that need to be raised every month just to keep her on the ground are the equivalent of building a display building the size of Newark’s every year ! Imagine how much good that could do for preservation in the U.K .

A much better long-term investment IMHO.:)

You don’t even need a live airframe to educate people about the Cold War – the education aspect was the real hook that secured the HLF funding, but as far as the project goes I believe it was an afterthought and is now just being used as a “plead factor!”

The cockpit left the museum & went back to the owner ,the engine was returned to the Fleet air arm museum.
For many years not much was done with the cockpit untill about 5or6? years ago the then owner decided to strip out the cockpit for further restoration??
Part way through this the cockpit lost its home & was left outside .

With the extra work needed to put right the stripping out of the cockpit there is also work needed to rectify damage caused by Fairey engineering during there so called restoration.

Should keep me busy for a while.

Any further photos will be much apreciated.

Andrew

Didn’t see it on the latest Cockpitfest update..

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/news.php

Any plans to take it along? 🙂