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Catalina ready to fly

After nearly 12 months of routine maintenance and continuing restoration, the HARS PBY6A Catalina moved from the back of hangar 3 into the light once more, ready to fly again.  The left and right leading edges of the main wing were removed, inspected, minor repairs carried out and then replaced on […]

Southern Cross II wing passes the test

Work to rebuild the wing of the flying replica of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s Fokker F7/3M Southern Cross will now proceed after the structure passed a vital deflection test.  The wing was recently inverted and mounted in a heavy steel support, and then loaded with bricks supplied by local company M J Rowles.   Seen in […]

Vampire 637 progress

De Havilland Vampire trainer A79-637 continues to make progress back to Flight status under a team of engineers led by Terry Wilson.  Fuselage painting work is now complete and our recent work has concentrated on the wing fuel cells, cell bays, and associated fuel piping.  When the wing tank work is complete, the wings will be […]