SYWELL AVIATION MUSEUM BOOK & MODEL SALE - 22/5/21 1000-1400HRS Sywell Aviation Museum has been hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdown and as such we are hosting this one off event to help raise funds for the Museum as we rely on donations to survive. - Military/Aviation Books/ Model Kits and more for sa...

Top work as ever matey well done!

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A top bloke blue skies Melv

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A friend recently sent me this link - I appreciate its not historic aviation but may have implications for the rest of the collection! https://webcms.pima.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6/File/Government/Administration/CHHmemosFor%20Web/2021/February/bd-Expansion%20of%20the%20Pima%20Air%20and%20Space%...

Surely the suggested price is bonkers- I would have thought each cockpit would be 15kISH - the Nimrod fuse from Scotland was around 12k and was complete - then the Hunter was about 10 and the Buccs 15k IIRC - plus you need to add in the buyers premium and VAT etc - and move the damn things - and res...

Great pics thanks for sharing

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This is excellent stuff - our own Chippax has been put to very good use with our younger visitors and I agree the SYAM Scout idea is genius. I might suggest though that you put a PR out to the LAA as well as FP etc for Chippie bits - there are of course many flyers and the front of a scrapped canopy...

Whats the story behind these?

oooor to accentuate the positive 1) shows people are aware of Newark' Air Museum 2) believe you to be good custodians/ have a good reputation 3) people want to help. Tis ever this - I get bizarre requests all the time via the museum phone number and email address - many for the aerodrome proper - my...

I fully appreciate the debate aspect, in this case elsewhere about 'supposed' disposals, that may or may not be happening. As someone who almost lost a hard-won delivery location for a Saab Viggen aircraft, due to speculation and 'debate' based on 100% wrong 'inside' information, I tend to be a bit...

I suspect Howard disposal of 25 airframes from a National collection may well stimulate some opinions and debate - thats what fora are for!!

Ditto - many thanks!

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Am sure many of you will have seen this before but if not you can happily while away the hours here with these collections of private albums- Hurris, Tomahawks, Kittyhawks, Spitfires, Harts, Tiger Moths, B-24s, even a Puss Moth! PLUS loads of captured Axis aircraft before and after their repaint int...

Great photos thanks for sharing

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It’s his short hand for shooting enemy aircraft down. It made me chuckle each time he wrote it because I am juvenile

I think he was quite a marmite character TBH - certainly a brave chap but ruthless as well. His autobiography mentions 'waxing a lot of fannies' with Bud Anderson

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Thunderbolt & Thunderbolt II - in formation - Marvellous!

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Good for Newark Weird that the Council spent money on getting it flying only to bench it shortly afterwards following no public displays!

Ah the wonders of local authority Museums!
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Where is the Yorkshire Jet Groper? Is he in a Jaffa cake based coma somewhere?

Lovely thanks for sharing

Many thanks for all the updates, info and fun through the year mate. She’ll be patiently waiting til you can get back on the tools (after the first hour trying to remember where you left them )

Happy Xmas to you and the team from all at Sywell

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IIRC the Pioneer Hall has been open for some time, there was an article in Aeroplane or Flypast about it recently

Super photos thanks very much for sharing

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Brilliant news - well done everyone!

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oke doke $195k!!