NASAM Update as of the 29th Oct 2023

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What’s In This Edition

This is a shortish edition of the blog, in which we have an update from Barry with details of the Paint Team and their continued work around the Museum. We have details of the rebooking of the “Forever Two Wheels UK” and their ride out to the Museum (now on Sunday the 12th of November), and finally, the opening days of the Museum throughout the Winter Period.

Upcoming Special Event

The “Forever Two Wheels” Ridout event, which was cancelled on the 22nd of October, has been rescheduled for Sunday, the 12th of November, 2023. The museum will be open from 1000 thru to 1600. Poster details are at the foot of this blog.

Winter Opening Times

A reminder of the opening times over the winter period:

Throughout November, we are open on Sundays only from 1000 until 1600.
In December, we are open on two days only, Thursday the 28^th and Friday the 29^th December from 1000 until 1500.
We are then closed until the February half term, when the Museum will reopen on Saturday, the 17^th of February 2024. Opening times will revert back to 1000 thru to 1600.
From Saturday the 17^th of February 2024 we revert back to our normal opening times of:
- Every Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays from 1000 until 1600, until further notice.

Pete S

Around The Museum

Painters Update

24/10/23 – How wet can we get?

Well folks, it was pretty squelchy at El Museo this week as Storm Babet continued to do her thang. The team arrived to find the field adjacent to the car park mainly underwater (see pic 2310 16), and one would have needed a snorkel and flippers to go down the Adair Walk today (see pic 2310 17).

The very wet conditions precluded any Valetta action, so the boys and girls looked around for alternative employment. Ian claimed ‘provisional pole’ in the Flixton Sprint GP, sanding and then priming the flagpole residing in the Metal Workshop. Gwen went off to the Link Trainer Room to paint some boards recently put up by the Chippies. Cliff, as ‘OC’ Paint, went off and did senior management-type things. Barry decided that as it was already wet, why not get wetter! For reasons best known to himself, Barry went off to pressure wash the F100 and Meteor in the front paddock. Both aircraft were looking decidedly green with algae after the recent warm and wet weather (see pic 2310 18).

Around midday, pressure washing was interrupted by the arrival of Paul from EPS, who had come to fit the one outstanding set of markings to the Hunter (the “CUT HERE FOR EMERGENCY RESCUE”). With the rain still tipping down, this decal proved difficult to fit as none of the alignment masking tape would stick to the soggy Hunter! After some wiping down and the making up an improvised rain shield, Paul and Barry managed to get the final two decals onto the aircraft. Job done.

After lunch, Ian came down to the front paddock to help with the pressure washing, but mainly to play with Mark’s new extendable jet wand (see pic 2310 19). By close of play the F100 and Meteor were looking a bit cleaner (see pic 2310 20), but both had unfortunately lost a bit of paint in the process!

Barry

(Photos) Painters Update

Upcoming Events Poster

The Repeat Info

The repeat information is still here I’m afraid, and I make no apologies for keeping his section in our blog. We are a charitable organisation relying on monies from the public to keep us going. Any help we receive is gratefully accepted and enables the museum to continue in our mission “To conserve, preserve and promote the history of aviation in East Anglia, whilst providing a fun, family-friendly and interactive museum, promoting education and remembrance of the events of the past“.

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