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22/12/07 Aeroventure receives Airship Developments AD500 Gondola
In late December, Aeroventure received the Airship Developments AD500 Gondola which was donated by the Airship Heritage Trust (formerly the Friends of Cardington Air Station FOCAS).
Thanks to Tim Rees for this photo of Airship Industries Skyship 500 / G-BIHN at Farnborough in September 1982. Our AD500 would have been very similar in appearance.
21/12/07 Aeroventure receives new Wessex Helicopter for YHPG
The new Wessex is HAS.1 s/n XS887 which arrives from Flambards Aircraft Park in Cornwall
14/07/07 Aeroventure / SYAM Falklands 25th Anniversary
Click here for the rest of the pictures 21/07/07 XW666 Ditching, More History Surfaces
Click here for the rest of the pictures 02/07/07 Aeroventure Gazelle and Wessex Return From Waddington
Aeroventure presented Bertie and his team with a hand-made wooden Gazelle model for their wonderful work on restoring Gazelle XX411.
Click here for the rest of the pictures Thanks to Kevan Lewis for these photos 29/06/07 Aeroventure Setting up Museum Stand for Waddington Airshow
A real, "Who's got the bolt?", moment as the first Wessex blade was being fitted
A whole bunch of us were needed to re-fit XS481's blades after they were painted by Steve assisted by Nigel, lots of other time consuming jobs were done to get her into the best display condition for Waddington.
Loading the A4 Skyhawk Radar model into its special packing case for transport to the show, the model is heavier than it looks!
The theme for this years museum Waddington stand was the Falklands War 25th Anniversary
Museum shop, who cut the plug off the till?
Falkland's War Memorials.
Falkland's local life and showing how the locals re-use old equipment.
Falkland's Wildlife.
The minefields are still live!
The aircraft crash sites visited by Phil, Jim, Bill and John in January 2007.
The history and restoration of our Gazelle XX411.
The museum shop was well stocked.
New display boards supplied by the museum for 3BAS's XX411 history. 02/06/07 Aeroventure Helps Isle of Barra commemorate Catalina Crash
On the 2nd June 2007, the Isle of Barra opened a memorial to the crew of the Catalina that crashed on Vatersay Bay on 12th May 1944. Much of the wreckage remains on the site and this and the new memorial is now accessible by a parking area and easy access footpath.
Naylan worked on the model before it was sent to Barra. 06/05/07 Friends of Doncaster Airgunners donate benches to AeroVenture
Friends of Doncaster Airgunners donate two new benches in memory of two members who passed away recently. Details to follow. 28/04/07 Museum members take Finningley DC-3 Flight
Saturday 28th April was a glorious sunny day - just what we wanted for our Douglas DC-3 flight from Finningley. On today's flight were Frank, Jim, Keith and Dave. A big thanks to Frank for letting me use his camera to take these photos. The DC-3 in question was operated by Classic Flight (part of Air Atlantique). Formerly part of their polution control work, G-AMPY was restored in Royal Air Force Transport Command livery last year fitted out to carry up to 36 passengers. We all enjoyed the flight and would recommend the experience to anyone. We look forward to Classic Flight's return to Finningley later this year - we suspect they will be very busy and I know four museum members who will be at the front of the queue!
Cargo side door shows that this DC-3 was actually manufactured as a C-47 transport for military service (she was built in 1945 and served with the RAF before being sold to a succession of airlines).
We asked the pilots to take us over the museum giving us these excellent views of AeroVenture and the former RAF Doncaster airfield site
Frank was quite pleased to see the results of his hard work cutting the museum grass on Friday, looking so good from the air
Looking over the new football statium with the museum slightly higher and to the right
On our return flight with Finningley airport in view over the port wing. You can also make out another airfield perimeter track in the foreground, this being RAF Bircotes. The airfield consisted of a grass strip with a connecting perimeter track with T2, B1 and blister hangars plus other miscellaneous buildings and was closed in 1948. It seems amazing now how close all of these airfields are (from a couple of thousand feet up over AeroVenture / RAF Doncaster on a clear day you can see RAF Finningley).
Thanks also to Helen for putting up with a long wait and taking these photographs on our return
No mistaking the front and side profile of the 70 year old classic Douglas design
Thank you to Dave Wood for supplying this shot of G-AMPZ one of G-AMPY's sisters 14/03/07 Museum member Vic Lowe awarded Honorary Membership of the Finningley Amateur Radio Society
On 14th March 2007 museum member Vic Lowe was awarded honorary membership of the Finningley Amateur Radio Society for all of his past sterling commitment towards the club. 31/03/07 Belfast Visit to XX411 Restoration
Bertie, John, Jim, Bill and Phil next to our Gazelle XX411. Bertie and his team are making excellent progress with the restoration and all is going well for the Waddington show. 03/02/07 AeroVenture Group Visits Duxford
On the 3rd February a group from AeroVenture visited Duxford to see the new AirSpace hangar. A big well done for Callum Blagden who organised the visit
If you have not been to Duxford recently, now would be a good time for a catch up visit. As shown in the above picture, the Duxford team have done a wonderful job of presenting the aircraft in the new hangar, in fact the only thing missing was the smell of aircraft. 10/01/07 Museum Shop a Model of Success
After your visit around the museum please visit our shop. There is a great range of kits, books, paints and accessories for modellers and enthusiasts.
We stock the major brands of kits including:-
If you are a beginner try the Hobbyboss range of aircraft, where you can get several variants of the same aircraft. The kits themselves are simply clicked together with no or minimal cementing! Airfix have also started a new range in 1:144 pre-painted and click together, handy for kids, no paint or cement to worry about. Most of us are modellers so if its advice you want or out of production and second hand kits then give us a try, don't forget you can also call us on the phone (01302 761616) to discuss your requirements. |
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