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Restoration of Javelin XH892 (part II)

Restoration of Javelin XH892 (part II) ......... Following on from the earlier article on the restoration of this aircraft, Peter Nobbs and Gwen Jackson with ...

Following on from Nature Along the Adair Walk

Following on from Nature Along the Adair Walk …… Following on from the Rex Hancy article about Nature along the Adair Walk I thought I ...

Boats can’t fly!

(Republished due to technical issue - Bloginfo) Boats can't fly! .............. Our RAF Air-Sea Rescue building displays a varied collection of photographs and artefacts, and ...

Update on Adair Walk

Update on Adair Walk ...................... Second Section Now Open Previously I reported that "due to recent weather damage, a long stretch of Adair Walk had ...

Update from the Chippy Workshop (Part III)

Update from the Chippy Workshop (part III) ………….. Toy Planes Update ......... I previously said that the making of the toy aeroplanes has now finished ...

R100 – Engine Telegraph

Engine Telegraph from the R100 airship ............ A fairly recent exhibit to be displayed is an Engine Telegraph from the R100 airship. Following the crash ...

Captain Basil Graham Homfrey Keymer DFC .. 47 Squadron tricolour

Captain Graham Keymer DFC .. 47 Sqn ............. In 1919, volunteer personnel from 47 Squadron RAF were deployed to fight the Bolsheviks and served briefly ...

NASAM Blog – Automatic Links to Facebook and Twitter

Update on the build of the NASAM Blog Site ........... The NASAM Blog now contains automatic links to both the Aviation Museum Facebook Page and ...

Update from the NASAM Archives

Update from the Archives 7th Aug 2017 .............. The first 445 books from the Alan Forman collection now on the data base. A small piece ...

Nature along the Adair Walk

Nature along the Adair Walk ................. The Adair walk was a sorry sight. No vegetation crowding in. No willows rustling overhead. As for the board-walk, ...

RAFA Day – August 2017

RAFA Day – August 2017 ............ Every year NASAM Flixton hold the RAFA Day to support and remember the important role that the RAF had, ...

Update from the Chippy Workshop (part II)

Update from the Chippy Workshop (part II) .............. In the last blog, I said the workshop looked like Santa's toyshop because it was full of ...

Bensen B.7 Autogyro Restoration

Bensen B.7 Autogyro Restoration .............. Our Bensen B.7 Autogyro is currently being restored by our youngest volunteer. Natasha has stripped down the aircraft and is ...

Equipment for the Groundforce Team

Donation of New Equipment to the Groundforce Team ................ The Groundforce team has received a donation in the form of a brand new Titan Petrol ...

3rd August 2017 ….. Filming at the Museum

Just another Thursday at the Museum ............. A film crew turned up today (Thursday 3rd August 2017) at the museum (as booked) to film our ...

Restoration of Auster VX123

Auster AOP.6/T.10 VX123 .............. Last year we received by donation the incomplete remains of Auster AOP.6/T.10 VX123 - ex Army Air Corps; it had been ...

Waveney Valley & District Preservation Society 2017

Waveney Valley & District Preservation Society 2017 .............. As well as the usual things for people to see and to do when visiting, this last ...

Education Centre – HLF Bid Progress

HLF Application to Add an Education Centre .............. What is this all about ?? An application is being made to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HFL) ...

Air Activities Day 2018

Air Activities day for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts ............ The museum has just planned the next date in its series of Air Activities days for ...

What is it? – Torpedo adustment device?

Torpedo and adjusting device? .............. We have a small number of exhibits that don't directly fit our collecting policy but would otherwise have been lost ...

1st Aug 2017 – Busy day at The Museum

1st August 2017 at the Museum .............. The museum was very busy today with lots of families visiting. Most of our interactive attractions were up ...

Two From One .. How to build a Spitfire

How to build a Spitfire .............. Some years ago, I purchased a large number of crates full of Spitfire fuselage components; these were discarded when ...

Research for the Caption Boards

Research for the Caption Boards ............. Researching the background information for captions to our exhibits presents one of the most interesting and demanding part of ...

Restoration of Javelin XH892

Restoration of Javelin XH982 ............ The Javelin aircraft XH892 is now undergoing restoration with the Paint Team have sanded down, and primed the aircraft. The ...