Update from the Paint Team - T-28C TROJAN

NORTH AMERICAN T-28C TROJAN Gets a new Lick of Paint

Having completed the repaint of the Sea Prince towards the end of September, the Paint Team moved onto the T-28C Trojan as the next aircraft in line for a coat of paint.

Due to its position in the Museum, the Trojan is usually within the shade of trees during the winter months and subject to most of the vagaries of weather that affect the Museum. In addition, with the winter coming on, daylight getting shorter and the aircraft getting damper from either rain or dew, it was essential that the work was done in a reasonably short period of time.

Gwen and the whole paint team, set to work at the start of October to strip the aircraft back, remove the loose paint and prepare the surface for the undercoat. As soon as weather permitted, the undercoat was applied and then the top coat, returning the aircraft to its museum state at the end of October, a far as the base colours are concerned.

The final markings were applied to both sides of aircraft fuselage on the 3rd Nov and the Trojan is now back in an acceptable state of preservation.

Great work by Gwen and the team in what was a poor period for temperature and weather.

For more information on the aircraft click NORTH AMERICAN T-28C TROJAN to see the information board for the aircraft.

The Paint Team are now involved in the cleaning of the various aircraft in the main hangar.

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