February '10 review

Wednesday 10-2-10
Nice and sunny, if not a little cold, at Bruntingthorpe today, so Gaz finally got the props finished!

 

Gaz also delivered the gubbins for doing the radome, so, once the weather improves and, at least three of the team are there the radome restoration will begin
The aluminium patches that Dickon cut, have been drilled ready for riveting

14-2-10
Really productive day today! First off, it looked like Gaz would be there alone but Gregg and Dickon turned up so it was a case of "Right, there's three of us, lets get the radome off!" So off it came:

It came off without too much persuasion and was in cracking condition inside, no radar, but it had been lovingly removed:

Also, got the nacelles open! And again, they were surprised by the condition of the insides:

 

It looks like the anti-icing gear and it's in perfect condition on both sides. Although the port side nacelle door will need a bit of work, it jams on something inside, but that's a job for another day.

Carried out some housekeeping on the new steps. Gave the levers some WD-40 action and explored all of its features.

So, what was going to be a cleaning day, turned out to be one of the best for a while!

24.02.10

Gregg and Gaz started fibreglassing the radome with a view to borrowing one of the sanders in the hangar on Sunday, to prepare it ready for painting.

They also did a bit more work on the steps. Also found a working battery and hooked it up. It worked beautifully, just needed a few replacement bulbs

28.02.10

Not too much to report on today. The fibreglass hadn't gone off properly on the radome so that was a no-go. Changed the broken bulbs on the steps, removed the old battery box (Too small) and attached the new battery, it all works!

We then greased the hydraulic rams and put them to bed. Until they were needed for the Comet. A load of people turned up to do a sponsored aircraft pull, so, we let them use our steps.

We are also please to announce that we will be holding an open day for forumeers and facebook friends at the Cold War Jets open day on Sunday 10th April from 11.30 to 16.00 click here to read more

that's all for this month .Heading nito spring now and hopefully the weather will be better during March and more progress will be possible. If you would like to contribute to the project please visit the wish list