Phantom Revisited … Three volunteers at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum got together to start putting the smaller pieces back onto the Phantom. First to go were the leading edge plates. These are fitted with a piano hinge at the bottom and retaining screws at the top. The first took about 25 minutes and […]
Phantom Arrival … XV497 … The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum has had the offer of a Phantom on loan for well over a year now. Moving something that large takes a lot of time, money, and a mighty lot of organisation. Over the course of the last year, volunteer members of the museum have
Getting the Wind Up … Earlier in the year, during one of the many gales that the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum experienced, our Gloster Meteor WF643 suffered a collapse. We tend not to keep aircraft on their undercarriage directly. The tyres are under enormous strain if they are standing on them. Thus most aircraft
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