Restoration Projects

Restoration going on at the museum

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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First Day Back at the Museum

First Day Back at the Museum ……. Well, yesterday was the first day back at the museum for most of the volunteers and for the general public.  Despite the cold wind and low temperatures, a few visitors ventured into the Museum and most volunteers arrived as normal to continue their work. Projects in 2018 Having

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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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