05/04/2014 A Busy Day at Wellesbourne

Lots to do and lots of people doing it! Not only is Wings & Wheels preparation continuing but we still had work to do on the newly installed replacement No.1 engine. Added to that we had 11 members of the Spice Group visiting us, and being the first Saturday of the month our regular helpers from 150 Sqn (City of Oxford) and 240 (Darlaston) Sqn ATC Cadets

The ATC cadets quickly got to work on the Coleman tractor, preparing it for a re-paint.

150 Sqn (City of Oxford) and 240 Sqn (Darlaston) ATC Cadets prepare the Coleman for a re-paint.
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Meanwhile Charles welcomed our Spice Group visitors and introduced them to their three "tour guides" and they were then treated to a systems demonstration of the powered flying controls, air brakes, bomb doors, landing and navigation lights. We also ran the Rover airborne auxiliary power pack to provide a bit of atmosphere to the visit.

Charles welcomes the Spice Group visitors.
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Once the systems demonstration was completed, whilst Damaris, Bob and Len looked after our visitors, showing them around XM655 and giving them a cockpit tour, Ben, Roger, Charles and Eric continued with the work on No.1 Engine and the rest of the volunteers got on with making sure that 655 will look her best for Wings & Wheels.

The first group go for their cockpit visit.
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Isi takes the power sander to the starboard wing prior to re-painting.
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Hayley and Nick re-paint the underside of the starboard wing.
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