NASAM Update as of the 29th Apr 2025

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Summary of Contents

A shortish blog this week, however, in this edition of the “Museum News“, we have some photos from Steve B of visitors over the Easter weekend. From the teams “Inside and Outside – The Museum“, we have a painter’s update from Mark K this week. Finally, under the “Events Information“; we have a list of events booked so far for the rest of the summer. This includes a new notification of a flypast by the RAF BBMF with a pair of Hurricanes in June.

Pete S

Museum News

General News from or about the Museum

Visitors to the Museum

We had a number of interesting visitors over the Easter weekend. Firstly, four motorcyclists on a practice run before heading to the Arctic Circle later on in the year. Then, a group of 20 vintage cyclists, or should that be 20 cyclists riding vintage machines, who called into the Museum on Easter Sunday.

Photos below from Steve B.

(Photos) Visitors – Easter Weekend

Inside and Outside At The Museum

News from the Various Team

Painters Update

22/04/25 – J.R.R. Tolkien visits Flixton!

With Barry spoiling a good walk (a.k.a. playing golf) the rest of the team were determined to make the most of yet another day of good weather.

Gwen headed for the front field to repair some of the flaky paint on the Whirlwind.

Unfortunately, Mark didn’t take any pic’s of Gwen in action because he, Cliff and Ian were caught up in an epic remake of Tolkien’s The Two Towers. Yes, there were Elves, Hobbits and Orcs building two scaffold towers against the Valetta so Tony (with his white hair and white beard) can magically repair any water leaks as part of the larger Valetta Cockpit project – water shall not pass! See pic’s 1, 2 and 3.

After that excitement and a well-earned cup of tea, Ian and Mark moved on to pressure washing the roof lights on the Link Trainer corridor – see pic 4, whilst Cliff arranged for the disposal of some of the junk that has accumulated behind the restoration workshop.

Later in the day, Bomber Command was the last place to feel the pressure of washing for this year, Mark and Ian giving it a good blast – see pic 5, with Cliff kindly clearing up the trail of hosepipes and ladders that the two had left behind.

The pressure washers do push some water under the overlapping roof sheets, so some mopping-up was required inside Bomber Command, but that coincided with Cliff adding a new exhibit: two Small Bomb Containers he’d found tucked away in one of the workshops. See pic 6, which shows an ‘in period’ example of said bomb containers, although that’s definitely not a picture of Mark and Cliff (but could be Private Walker maybe, the one with the jaunty cap)!

Mark K

(Photos) Painters Update

Event information

What’s next at the Museum

Upcoming events

Below is the latest list of upcoming events at the Museum. The list includes any flypast information or entertainment in the main hangar. The keen aircraft enthusiasts will note that this includes a new notification of a flypast by the RAF BBMF with a pair of Hurricanes in June.

The Repeat Information

Funding

Here we are in 2025, and although we now charge for admission to the Museum, we still appreciate any additional help we can get from the general public, readers of the blog and visitors to the Museum. So the repeated information below is still here, just in case you would like to help.

We are a charitable organisation, relying now on admission charges, grants and donations from the people that visit. Any and all help is greatly appreciated 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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