With the advent of the fall weather, lawn mowing and painting are replaced by inside tasks. Cataloging of the Museum’s extensive photographic collection, updating and condensing the data base, repairing plumbing leaks and keeping the batteries charged on ground equipment are all tasks that the volunteers tackle. Tour guides keep chatting to the hosts of school children who marvel at the collection of aircraft and artifacts.
The ‘techie’ group are already at work on the flying collection in anticipation of the 2019 airshows. Each of the flyers need an annual inspection and recertification before taking to the air again in the spring. Wings and wheels, fins and fuel, clocks and props all receive an eagle eye to ensure they are up to the job.
Elementary math says that seven into one won’t go. At the Museum we achieve just that!
The dedication of the volunteers is outstanding. Here, Jim curls himself into the inner spaces of the Waco Cabin to retrieve an article dropped by a passenger.
What are spare parts doing strewn over the hangar floor? They are removed so that the inner working of each aircraft can be examined, adjusted, repaired or replaced.
The restoration of the de Havilland Tiger Moth is progressing steadily. The sliding canopy has been removed, overhauled and refitted. The upper wing centre-section mounting struts (known as cabane struts) have been fitted in preparation for mounting the fuel tank and wings.
A display cabinet has been made by students at Lord Tweedsmuir’s carpentry shop. Good skills for them, good display for us. It will house a display of Wardair memorabilia.
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