27/01/21 – Update from NASAM …

We Continue to be Closed (Temporarily)

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Due to the effects of the Coronavirus and the National Lockdown, the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum will continue to be closed for the foreseeable future. As the Chairman said in his last update, “the site is currently on ‘care and maintenance’ with only regular security and maintenance checks taking place. Normal work will resume when the situation eases”.

As we do not know when the restrictions will be lifted we suggest that readers keep an eye on the blog and our Social Media sites for updates and ongoing news.

The Committee will be keeping a close watch on the situation, and the volunteers will continue to carry out essential maintenance on the site ensuring that we will be ready to open again once we are allowed to do so, and when we have the staff in place to ensure we can maintain public safety.

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In This Edition of the NASAM Online Flier

We Continue To Be Closed
Update from the Chairman
New Year Quiz Answers
Blog Stats
Photo Scanning
Gallery Section
Video Snap – Sea Vixen XJ482
Coming Next Edition
Another Quiz
Further Updates
Would You Like To Help

Well, here we are, late January 2021 and this is only the second edition of the NASAM Online Flier, things being a little slow due to the pandemic.

As mentioned in the last edition, we hope to publish blogs from time to time to keep our members, regular visitors and other readers updated. It was with interest that I looked at the end of year stats for the blog and I have put a few of those below for interest.

Also, we continue to have to spend money on insurance, utilities and maintenance. If you feel you are in a position to help us in this regard, details are at the foot of the blog on how you can do this, if you wish to do so.

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Update From The Chairman

What to report on, with lockdown very little is happening. On-site work is reduced to essential maintenance only.

Water Water Everywhere

You may have noticed that it has been a bit damp recently, that means that the main activity has been emptying dehumidifiers. We have around a dozen in total around the site, some of these vent to the outside world so we just need to check that they are still working. The rest have to be emptied regularly, in the current conditions that means at least a couple of times per week. Each container holds about half a gallon so we are taking around a gallon of moisture out of most buildings each week.

We have recently discovered three minor leaks in the roof in different parts of the main hangar complex. Chapman’s Engineering visited the site last week, repaired one and identified the other two. They will return on a drier day when it will be safe to climb onto the roof to repair them.

Scanning Photos

One task that we can progress during lockdown is to scan some of the thousands of slides and photographs that have been donated over the years. This often leads to questions and two are listed here to see if any of our readers can assist. (ED– More on the scanning of photos below)

Do You Know The Owner?

One of the attached photos shows an airliner, a Vickers Viking. We only know the Christian name of the donor, believed to be the pilot’s daughter. We also have photographs of the pilot in various locations in various gliders. Can anyone help identify the surname of the person who was probably the original owner?

Do You Know The Photographer?

The photograph of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was taken at RAF Mildenhall, probably sometime in the 1980s. We don’t know who the photographer was though, again can anyone help?

Steve Bell

New Year Quiz Answers

The results of the New Year Quiz that was set in the last blog are given below.

The source of most of the answers could be found on our list of aircraft webpage @ https://www.aviationmuseum.net/ouraircraft.htm

Part 1 – Aircraft names from our collection

The man’s servant says thanks – Valet ta
A wonderful sword – Super Sabre
Orion was one, as was Nimrod – Hunter
Female fox on the water – Sea Vixen
The young lady rips it – Miss Tear (Mystere)
A sanguine taste? – Vampire
Male companion to the egg layer – Rooster
A very hot mouth? – Spitfire
Head of the college – Provost
Resident that might fear a horse – Trojan

Part 2 – Sums – again from our collection

What aircraft is missing from these sums to make them correct?

Super Sabre (100) times Phantom (4) plus what (9) times Felixstowe (5) plus Valetta equals Bomb Group (446) – Javelin FAW 9
Flea (14) plus what (1) equals Mig (15) – Lightning DB/F1 or Provost T1
Vampire (11) times what (3) equals Lockheed Shooting Star (33) – Shackleton MR.3 or Canberra PR.3 …
Which 446BG squadron equals (Shackleton (3) times Anson (19) minus Whirlwind HAR(10)) times Luton Major (5) times Jet Provost (3) – 705
What (28) divided by Sea Harrier (2) equals Sycamore (14) – T28 Trojan

Steve

Blog Stats

As mentioned above, whilst looking through the end of year stats, I thought it might be interesting to just share a few with you.

We had over 10,000 views
From 5735 visitors
Located in 67 countries
The most popular blog was one concerning opening dates
Whilst the second most popular was the arrival of the Phanton Aircraft Phantom Arrival
The most popular external link to the blog comes from our Facebook Page @NASAMFlixton
Facebook outdid our Twitter Feed by some 17:1 @FlixtonMuseum
The number of people who registered for email updates increased by 30% in the year with only two people revoking their subscriptions to email updates.

All in all, this was not too bad as it saw an overall increase of approximately 40% over 2019.

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Photo Scanning

As well as the two photos above mentioned by the Chairman, there are another three photos sent in by Paul, one of the people scanning photos ready to be added to our Digital Photographic Archive when this is built.

The three images of the scanned aircraft photos that he sent through to me he labelled “The Good”, “The Bad” and “The Ugly”. I have to disagree with him on the ugly however.

Paul also sent in two photos of just what he is faced with whilst carrying out this process, with a shot of the albums and the sorts of numbers of photos in each one.

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Gallery Section

Photos from the various articles above are now all shown in one Gallery for ease. To enlarge an image, please click on it.

Thanks this edition go to – Steve and Paul

Video Snapshot

In this edition of the blog, we have taken some of the video shot in the summer of 2020 by two drone pilots that visited on a closed day. This time it is the de HAVILLAND SEA VIXEN FAW.1,

SEA VIXEN FAW.1 – XJ482 is located in our lower compound next to the WESTLAND WHIRLWIND HAR.10 which featured in a previous video update. For more information on XJ482 follow the link below to the Information board for this aircraft.

SEA VIXEN – XJ482

Coming In The Next Edition

When we get to the next edition, and that will depend on what input is forthcoming, the following will be in the blog.

Another Quiz

There will be another quiz based on the aircraft that are exhibited in the museum.

Further Updates

There will be further updates and possibly some more of the scanned photos that we will ask your help in identifying.

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Would You Like To Help

There are several ways you can help the museum, from becoming a Museum Member, by Volunteering to help at the museum, or by donating to assist in our running costs. To become a Museum Member or to Volunteer Member, please click on the appropriate button below to see the details on our main website.