May I also suggest visiting the Wireless Museum in Kirkwall? It may not sound like the place to go for aviation, but they have interesting displays on the radar defences, as well as other aspects of the defence of Scapa Flow. Well worth a visit.

It would also be worth seeing if you can get ahold of a copy of Sky Over Scapa which is an excellent book about military aviation in the area. I don’t know if it’s still available, but if you see it, it’s well worth buying.

Ian Sheffield has a anon’ 2-seater (pictured on page 20 current issue) that i’m helping him with.

That must be the piece I was thinking of. 😉

Is it just me, or is the nose too long?

I wish I could claim credit for it, but I had nothing to do with the construction. I provided some drawings and plans, but my input was minimal. The model itself is just about finished. I was there at the start of September and it is looking very impressive.

For those who don’t know what we’re referring to, some of the volunteers at East Fortune are making a superb scale model of Drone Hill, a Chain Home radar station not too far away from the museum. The photo below was taken a few months back, and more work has been done since, but it gives an idea of what it looks like. It really is fantastic and the attention to detail is incredible.

I’ve not heard much news about the Vulcan, but bearing in mind that there has been no work on her for about two years I think, the prognosis isn’t great unless there’s a change in attitude from NMS soon.

Pearl Harbour is incorrect wherever you are because it’s mispelling a place name.

I may be wrong in this, and I’m sure someone will correct me if I am, but surely the place is Pearl and that is the name of the Harbour. Thus, the harbour in Honolulu is called Pearl and thus, on this side of the Pond is known as Pearl Harbour and in Hawaii (and the rest of the USA) as Pearl Harbor. However, I wouldn’t class the harbour part as the name, but rather as the description.

I think you’re right about the runway length, Scott. The museum had hoped to get a Concodre back in the seventies (presumably the prototype which eventually went to Yeovilton) and I think the plan was to fly her in, as was done with the Vulcan a decade or so later.