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The 26th edition of Wrecks & Relics is now on sale in the Museum Shop.

Info about the NAM Shop can be found in here, and if you plan to visit to W&R, then why not pick up a copy of the new RAF Balderton book as well?
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The last wave of publicity material has just been emailed out for our Tribute to the V-Force event on Saturday 19th May 2018.

Lots of details about this reunion event can be found in here!
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We’ve just emailed out the reunion information to 58 pre-registered for service personnel attendees at our Tribute to the V-Force event on Saturday 19th May; only 2 bounced emails!

Please get in touch if you were expecting an email & it hasn’t arrived; there’s still time to register!!

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Events
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Given the outpouring of :love: for 'splinter-camo' Viggens today, I would like to take a few soundings from the forum members.

The Viggen Valet project at Newark is drawing towards a conclusion and we've been pondering the possibility of perhaps bringing it outside for a few days, once completed. This is still just at a discussion phase, with the museum's Restoration Manager and amongst the trustees, and is likely to be dependant on a prolonged period of forecast good weather.

Would there be any interest in such a move? :cuppa:

Progress on the 'paint refreshment' project can be seen in here! http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Viggen_Valet
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It'd certainly do a lot to entice me up there - for the first time!
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Any chance we could see it lit up at night as well? :heyhey:
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Thank you for the feedback, I was beginning to think that there might not be any interest.

At the moment it is still very much work in progress; if anything happens it is likely to be during the summer months, which means we might struggle for a night shoot due to the really late nights. However please leave it with me to see what if anything can be arranged. :cuppa:
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I think we would be up for a night shoot Howard.............. :clap:

Looking forward to Saturday, hope to get some decent images of the two helo`s....................... :biggrin:
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See you both for the V-Force event on Saturday! :up:

A Viggen night-shoot is likely to be further away than a possible venture out into the summer Notts air & please remember that both helicopters are at an early stage of 'work in progress'!

That said, the Chinook did seat 79 schoolchildren yesterday in just three separate sessions - great education engagement! :up:
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Quick reminder that during our Tribute to the V-Force event tomorrow we’ll be undertaking (subject to serviceability) a Rover APU engine run on Vulcan XM594; we’re also due to have a BBMF Dakota flypast as well (also subject to the usual BBMF caveats & final BBMF call that I’m expecting today).

Addendum: BBMF now confirmed, but you'll need to be early to catch the Dakota, we're their first tasking of a busy day!

There’s around 60 former V-Force personnel due to attend and lots of visiting displays!

Here’s the quick guide to what’s happening!! http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/V-Force_ ... uick_Guide
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It was good to meet up with a few 'board' members at the museum yesterday during the V-Force event & to see so many V-Force veterans enjoying the great weather & catching up with old colleagues! Plus we enjoyed an excellent Dakota flypast to start the day off really nicely! :up:

Onwards & upwards to our next event, which is Cockpit-Fest & Aeroboot on 23 & 24 June, 2018.
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A ‘Quick Guide’ to Cockpit-Fest & Aeroboot / Aerojumble has been added to the museum website; it provides most of the key information for the events on 23 & 24 June 2018.

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Events
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Today has seen a great boost for the Puma XW208 rebuild project at the museum – tail boom delivered for the project.

A big thank you goes out to the team at East Midlands Aeropark for helping to make this happen – thank you all!

The project is making good steady progress, albeit slightly under the radar for much of the time – continues to receive excellent support from the RAF & the wider helicopter community!

Thank you to them as well, you know who you are!!

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Confirmation now in that we have Shackleton AEW.2 cockpit coming to #CockpitFest18 from the Netherlands; the cockpit WL756 ‘Mr Rusty’ – superb addition to the event!

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Events

Potential 'road-runner' on Thursday - not sure which port!
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For anyone interested 'Mr Rusty' Shackleton AEW.2 cockpit from WL756 is now safely on site at the museum; it arrived at lunchtime today!

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Just keep on rocking NAM!

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We try!

Late Cockpit-Fest18 addition just announced on Twitter & in the event listing in here http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Events

This is the replica Lancaster fuselage R5868, which is stopping off en route back from the Lincolnshire Show!
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Is it a 9 or 10am start tomorrow?

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It's 9am Saturday & 10am Sunday - more bits of key info in here! :up:

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Cockpit-Fest_18_Quick
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Great thanks for that! Have a longgggggggg shopping list for XX764!!

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We hope that you find what you're looking for - see you tomorrow!

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A mini photo gallery from #CockpitFest18 has just been added to the museum website!

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/2018_Coc ... st_Gallery

Hope to see a few of you there tomorrow!!
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