Restoration going on at the museum
The view from this side of the vinegar!! Over the summer I have had the great pleasure….with a little blood (well many scrapes and bruises), sweat (some of that was heavy), but no tears, of restoring the Bensen B7 Autogyro (see previous Blogs). There it was, having been hoisted unceremoniously down from the ceiling in […]
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Restoration of Auster VX123 (part II) …… As reported previously, we were donated the Auster fuselage and wings which were in poor condition. The fuselage was bead blasted and etch primed by a local firm. See Previous Auster Restoration ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Airframe of the Auster Since then we have stripped the
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Restoration of Whirlwind XR485 ….. Following on from the restoration of Javelin XH892, the paint team of Peter and Gwen moved onto the repainting of our Whirlwind helicopter. The paint on the helicopter was showing signs of distress, especially the red paint which seems to fade very quickly. The team have made great headway with
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