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A Moment in Time

Observer Captain John Murphy BA ..... A Moment in Time I first met John Murphy soon after I joined the Royal Observer Corps in 1965 ...

Photo Albums for sale

Albums for sale ....... A recent donation of 98 full photo albums and two folders of the negative strips for all the prints, was recently ...

Sycamore Flight Simulator

Sycamore Flight Simulator- One step forward ...... For some time the Link Team have been working on creating a realistic helicopter flight simulator. The eventual ...

Back on the boardwalk

Back on the boardwalk ........ There is still time to vote for the repair of the Adair Walk at the museum. As you probably know ...

Marble Galls

Leaves, Oaks and Galls ....... At this time of year leaves are a problem at the museum, they blow in all the building, block gutters ...

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 ...

Update from the Flight Simulators (III)

Update from the Flight Simulators (part III) .......... The Redifon Jet Provost simulator was manufactured around 1970; this analogue computer based trainer was used for ...

Farewell BAPC

Farewell BAPC ........ The museum has been a member of the British Aviation Preservation Council for a great many years, but no longer. This isn't ...

Bensen B.7 Autogyro Restoration (part II)

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), ...

Junior Engineering Day … October 2017

Junior Engineering Day ...... Today (Tuesday 24th October) at Flixton, 24 young people had a chance to take on some new engineering skills. There were ...

Refurbishment of Adair Walk

Refurbishment of Adair Walk ........ As many of you will have already read much of the Adair Walk has been closed since early summer due ...

Restoration of Auster VX123 (part II)

Restoration of Auster VX123 (part II) ...... As reported previously, we were donated the Auster fuselage and wings which were in poor condition. The fuselage ...

Restoration of Whirlwind XR485

Restoration of Whirlwind XR485 ..... Following on from the restoration of Javelin XH892, the paint team of Peter and Gwen moved onto the repainting of ...

Update from the Flight Simulators (II)

Update from the Flight Simulators (part II) .......... As mentioned in part I of the updates, with the lack of vacuum on the Link D4, ...

Update from the Chippy Workshop (part IV)

Update from the Chippy Workshop (part IV) ....... (As at mid-September) We have been kept on our toes in the workshop making and fitting shelving ...

Beccles Brownies Visit the Museum

Beccles Brownies visit the museum ..... On the evening of Tuesday 3rd October Beccles Brownies visited the museum. They were learning about aeroplanes and history ...

Scout Air Activities Day – 30th September 2017

Scout Air Activities Day 30th September 2017 ....... On Saturday 30th September about 75 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts with about 25 adults from five groups ...

Junior Engineering Day – Update & Republish

Junior Engineering Day - Update & Republish ...... To the previous list of skills on offer on Tuesday 24th October at the museum can be ...

Iceni Chapter Day 2017

Iceni Chapter Day 2017 ........ On 27th September the Iceni Chapter of the Harley Davidson Owners' Group visited the museum on one of their regular ...

Historic Weapons Display Group Day 2017

Historic Weapons Display Group Day - 3rd September 2017 ......... The Historic Weapon Display Group (HWDG) organised a display at Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum ...

Update from the Flight Simulators (I)

Update from the Flight Simulators (part I) .......... Thankfully the busy Summer season is now coming to an end. The various machines have seen lots ...

Update from the NASAM Archive (II)

Update from the NASAM Archive (II) ........ Donations: Not a lot from the Archive in this update, but a couple of interesting donations have come ...

Children’s University Accreditation

Children's University Accreditation ................ The museum has just become accredited by the Children's University of Norfolk as a provider of educational experiences. We have two ...

Hunter Mobile Fire Control Radar

Hunter Mobile Fire Control Radar .......... Two members of the museum travelled down to visit BAE Systems at Great Baddow near Chelmsford (ex Marconi) on ...