Painters

Hunter gets a Repaint

Hunter gets a Repaint The centrepiece at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum must surely be the Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XG254 which sits outside the main hangar doors.  In the Spring of this year, it was decided, because it looked rather dull and dispirited, that the Paint Team would give it a new coat of paint. In April, therefore, Gwen […]

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Aircraft Inspection Platform

Aircraft Inspection Platform …… The paint team have been looking for a better, more stable, platform from which to paint the higher parts of our exhibits for some time. A chance look at eBay by our Vice President found a genuine Aircraft Inspection Platform for sale. After discussion by the committee, it was decided to

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Restoration of Whirlwind XR485 (part II)

Restoration of Whirlwind XR485 (Completion) ….. Hurrah re the Westland Whirlwind, the paint team have now completed the restoration painting. Pictures of the completion are below and a full gallery of images can be found by following the green link at the bottom of the page. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] This is the last

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