Midland Air Museum

[TobyV]

Another grey day in Coventry (for a change )

[airboatr]

Hi Toby

grey skies........ and I see there was some
" Lightning " going on there two .......


hope ya had a good time
thanks for sharing ,

Joe

[Filonian]

Never been there yet - must put it on my list of to do's.

Thanks for sharing Toby.

Graham

[stegs]

You have to love the Phantom.
Looks like a old scrap yard.
"Where do want the wings, mate?"
"Just lay 'em up against the fuselage."

Steve

[DaveB]

I like the patch with duck tape It's been like that for years too!! Pity that stuff never sticks as good when I use it :roll:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Trev Clark]

That Viscount actually manages to look sorry for itself, and with good reason

[Garry Russell]

The Viscount would benifit by a wash and a straighten up

All grimy and siting wonky does give more of an impression of awaiting disposal rather than restoration. :-(

Only a small matter but perhaps the difference between money given or not :think:

Garry

[DaveB]

Last time I was there.. I don't recall there being a Viscount at all (and that sort of thing, I tend to notice). Guess is mate that this is how it arrived and they've not had a chance to get her sorted yet

EDIT..
It's still not on their site map so I guess it's a recent addition.
ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Garry Russell]

It's been there a little while and someone was cleaning it when it arrived an pics at the time show about the same area done.

Arrived September

Plenty of time to tidy her up

This is the Victoria Lynne project

http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Re ... RHome.aspx

Garry

[nazca_steve]

Nice pics indeed, Toby, very artistic with the b/w and low angles.

When I was last there in November, I had a good chat with their current warden, a very nice chap whom I forget his name, regarding restorations. Basically it all boils down to what you can give - if you've got the time and can make it down there regularly, you can pretty much take on a 'project' and do as much or as little as you can manage. It's a very hands-on and welcoming place, and I DEARLY wish I lived a lot closer to there sometimes so I could help clean up some of the birds they have waiting. If you do meet the warden I would recommend a stroll through their scrapyard to see what little delights they have just waiting for someone to lavish attention on.

I had a gander at the Vickie and the warden gave me some scoop on it which has slipped my mind now (I was there primarily for the Sea Hawk and Gannet).