Update from NASAM as at 30 Oct 20 …
Weekly Flier
This is a selection of things that have happened over the last week or two at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum and snippets of information about events etc. Not in any particular order of time, or indeed importance, just morsels of information to keep you updated. Other blogs containing more substantial information will continue to be posted from time to time.
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In This Edition
- Flying The Flag (Repairs)
- Museum Manager Rqd (Repeat)
- Canine Capers (Visitors)
- Next Open Dates
- Guardroom (New Build)
- Morganeers (Visitors)
- Murmurations
- Coming Up Next Week
Flying the Flag – Part Two
The recent gales which took down two of our flags and which received a mention in the blog @ Flying The Flag also did more damage which we didn’t notice until this week. One of our volunteers went to the memorial at the airfield to make sure that it was neat and tidy ready for Remembrance / Armistice. The grounds were sorted out, but the flag was damaged beyond repair. A new flag was purchased, it was decided to hoist it until after Remembrance Day, then bring it in for the winter.
Unfortunately, nothing is quite as simple as that, so when this was tried yet another halyard was stuck at the top of the pole. After fetching a bamboo “fishing rod” and muttering at the wind for blowing it about, we were able to hook the halyard and bring it down. The new flag is now proudly flying for the next few weeks.
Steve Bell
Images from the repairs (click to expand)
Museum Manager Required
The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum advertised last week seeking to employ a full-time museum manager, a full job description and the method of application is on our website @ Museum Manager Job Description
The closing date for applications is Saturday 7th November. Your application should contain a CV of two pages of typed A4 together with a covering letter of up to one page of A4. This covering letter should indicate whether you are prepared to work weekends, whether you have your own transport, and whether you are prepared to be on call for alarms etc out of hours.
An initial salary of £21.5-£25K is offered with an opportunity to progress this in line with performance against agreed criteria.
A selection process will take place for shortlisted candidates over two days, Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th December.
The selected candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to being contracted.
Steve Bell
Canine Capers
Canine lifestyles came to the museum for their third visit on Saturday 24th to undertake some “mantrailing”, following a scent trail. Previous visits have seen more experienced dogs taking part, but all of those present this time were first-timers. They still seemed to us to have innate skills in sniffing out the trails laid for them to follow.
We are becoming a regular venue for them with another booking in two weeks time.
When you have them present you mustn’t pick up things that you think they have dropped, it’s probably the scent sample. Our chairman was asked quickly not to touch a mask that looked as if it had been dropped, whoops!
Steve Bell
Images from the day (click to expand)
Next Open Dates
As on previous recent openings, since we reopened in this COVID situation, there are some restrictions in place to limit numbers and maintain social distancing. These restrictions can be found in our blog by clicking the button below.
- Sat 31 Oct 20
- Sun 1 Nov 20
- Sun 8 Nov 20
- Sat 14 Nov 20
- Sun 15 Nov 20
- Sat 21 Nov 20
- Sun 22 Nov 20
- Sat 28 Nov 20
- Sun 29 Nov 20
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NASAM “Guardroom”
The concrete pad for the new entry “guardroom” (converted potting shed) has now been laid. The shed has been delivered and will (weather permitting) be erected next week.
The building will provide the first point of contact with visitors and allow us to provide useful information as they arrive. Watch this space for further progress.
Steve Bell
Images from the day (click to expand)
Morganeers
Five members of the Morgan Owners’ Club visited the museum today and parked near our Valetta aircraft for a photocall.
Steve Bell
Images from the day (click to expand)
Murmurations
Three volunteers were at the museum at dusk last Saturday evening for a private mini function. We were treated to our own murmuration.
Steve Bell
Images from the day (click to expand)
Coming Up Next Week
Super Sabre Repaint
During the renovation of the North American F-100D Super Sabre as reported in the blog @ Painters Update, one of the Volunteer Paint Team, Barry Jones, kept a photographic record of the various days that the team worked on the project. Those photos are now being stitched together to produce a five minute video record of the work carried out. That video will be blogged next week and also put on our YouTube Channel.
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Would You Like To Help
There are a number of ways you can help the museum, from becoming a Museum Member or by making a donation to assist in our running costs. To become a Museum Member please click on the button below to see the details on our main website.
To donate, please click the donate button below to be taken to our donations page.
For all other details on the museum please go to our main web page by clicking on the picture below.
