September 2018

Today at the Museum – Tuesday 4th Sep 2018

Today at the Museum – Tuesday 4th Sep 2018 A relatively quiet day at the Museum today, however on calling in at the Archives Section to see what had been donated recently, I found that today, a model B-24 Liberator had been donated. The scale model was built and donated by Mr David Hopkins.  It […]

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Ipswich invasion

Ipswich invasion … On Saturday 1st September 2018 the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum opened up by special request.  Ipswich Rotarians had arranged to visit. The slight catch was that roughly half of the visitors came from Ipswich in Suffolk, the others from Ipswich in Massachusetts. The two clubs have a tie-up scheme that sees visitors

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Hunter gets a Repaint

Hunter gets a Repaint The centrepiece at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum must surely be the Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XG254 which sits outside the main hangar doors.  In the Spring of this year, it was decided, because it looked rather dull and dispirited, that the Paint Team would give it a new coat of paint. In April, therefore, Gwen

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