Newark Air Museum News 2016

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Details of the open cockpits that will be on offer at the museum over the Easter Holiday Weekend can be found in here!

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As the start date approaches for the Shackleton Repaint Project approaches we have added fresh details in here!

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Tomorrow sees the start of the major Shackleton repainting project at the museum and first up is the installation of the scaffolding around the whole aircraft. This will obviously limit the photographic opportunities for this aircraft for the duration of the project; the aircraft will also not have any internal access either.

Progress on the project will be recorded in this gallery on the museum website http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/WR977_Repaint

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After a fairly quiet period, we now have some more positive news on our Project Panini Building scheme – details in here!

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Also we have a visit this Sunday from a VW vehicle group and several open cockpits including the Vulcan & Varsity.

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An excellent work session yesterday by the WR977 Painting Team out on the aircraft with good progress being made photos added in here!

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The museum is participating in the BBC Big Day Out campaign, which provides free admission to a host of tourist attractions in the county. Further information in here N.B. you’ll need the print-out if you want to gain the free admission offer with us.

On Sunday we will have several aircraft / cockpits open – small donation is requested to access each one; all proceeds going towards the new Café & Toilet facility. There is also some traffic advice to be aware of for Sunday – details in here!

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A couple of GoPro images have just been added to Shackleton Repaint Gallery on the NAM website.

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Pleased to be able to report that the first paint has been reapplied to the upper rear fuselage of the Shackleton – photos in here!

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Also tomorrow we’re hosting the Daimler and Lanchester Owners Club visit; some good photo opportunities may be available.

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A quick heads-up for the spotters, in early May the loaned Hunter T7 XL618 will be leaving us for a new home in Germany – a few more details in here.

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Some Vulcans (XM594) seem to get featured in the most unusual places https://www.facebook.com/NorthKesteven1Life/?ref=ts

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Dark grey top coat paint has now been reapplied to the tail surfaces of the Shackleton – photos in here!

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Hunter T7 XL618 departure of delayed until next week, more details in here!

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Event updates added in here for Tribute to the V-Force & Cockpit-Fest 2016.

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A quick reminder that we’re open as normal this coming Bank Holiday weekend; each day 10am – 5pm; last admission 4pm – full details in here!

Details of the open cockpits that will be on offer at the museum over the Bank Holiday Weekend and school holiday week that follows can be found in here!

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Various updates have been made to our website including:

On the news page – shop items & access issues.

On the events page – a Cockpit-Fest update & open cockpits.

Plus a couple of fresh photos added to the – Shackleton Repaint Gallery!

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A quick Heads-Up about a one day closure of museum on Wednesday 22nd June, from the website:

“22.06.16 - Unforeseen One Day Closure

As we move ever closer to starting work on the installation of the new waste treatment system, it seems likely that the museum will need to close to the public for one day; and this has now been confirmed as taking place on Wednesday 22nd June 2016.

This unanticipated closure is required to allow for an upgrade to be completed our site electrical supply; and a key distribution board for the museum site electrics. Furthermore it has now been arranged to tie in with a significant disruption to our mains water supply, which will be occurring on the same date

We apologise in advance to any visitors who might have been planning to visit on that day. However as we do not have any special group visits booked in it made sense to close when we do not have appropriate facilities available. Undertaking this work quite early in the summer will also help to minimise disruption later during the busier school holiday period.”

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A reminder that the museum will be closed for the day on Wednesday 22nd June - no water & important work on the site electrics!

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Following the unanticipated closure today for water and electric work we’re back open at 10am tomorrow.

During the day today the F-86 Sabre departed following Cockpit-Fest and work is now progressing with the reapplication of markings on the Shackleton upper surfaces and fuselage; new photos in this gallery!

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Work on upper surfaces of Shackleton WR977 has now been completed and the scaffolding has been removed; a strategy for under-wing and the remainder of fuselage will be implemented soon!

Further details of the excellent work on WR977 can be found in here!

Everyone at the museum sends a huge thank you to #WR977PaintingTeam for completing the first part of this work in 12 weeks & 1 hour (don’t ask!) – more updates shortly!!

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A fresh update about the Shackleton repaint can be found on our website – plus a few more photos have been added to our gallery!

Also, we’re pleased to be seeing lots of international visitors calling in en-route to, and hopefully from RIAT, Legends and the British Grand Prix.

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We can report that thanks to the efforts of the #WR977PaintingTeam the Shackleton is now back on our list of open cockpit aircraft!

We have also added details in here about Argosy Experience sessions on our procedures trainer.