Another glorious morning met our volunteers at the pan on Saturday with their numbers substantially increased over last weekend. No time was lost in getting started with trying to remedy the fuel leak from the number 2 engine LP fuel cock and the continuation of painting the upper surface (before the temperature climbed too high to hamper it!)
A misty start greeted our lower in number than usual volunteers on Saturday…
Although we were a bit short handed, a number of important jobs were carried out by the attending volunteers…
Despite such things as the World Cup, Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix and airshows being on, a few of our volunteers were at the pan today with the Vulcan. Only a few small jobs were carried out as our volunteers were kept busy with lots of casual visitors who we were happy to show around…
An extra update from us this weekend as our volunteers didn’t have a Sunday lie in… Instead, we were busy at the pan prepping the aircraft for some wet and dry cycles on the engines.
The little bit of cloud that was around to greet us soon gave way to a beautiful sunny day and XM655 looked stunning under the clear blue sky on Armed Forces Day, which we marked by flying a flag on the pan.
Vulcan XM655 was recently featured in an article on Forces TV News. To view this excellent video containing footage of the aircraft and an interview with Wing Commander (Ret’d) Mike Pollitt, please click on the link in this article
A glorious start to our day with 655. The lovely weather played host to a group visit by the Douglas motorcycle owners club with people (and dogs!) from all over the country coming along with their beautiful bikes.
Back to a grey start but that didn’t deter a couple of small pre booked tours, a good number of visitors or our volunteers…
Another grey and gloomy start to the day, which also brought some rather chilly winds (as can be seen by the (sometimes unseasonal) headwear! But despite this, we had a number of pre booked visits, including the AC owners club.
Well, what started as a grey morning developed into a very sunny and productive day.
