NELSAM Victory 70 - August 15/16th

A quiet day at the museum today, with not many public about, but a chance to relax and have a chat with friends. I'd not been since May, so this was my first chance to see the Vulcan with the fin painted and the new Saunders-Roe Skeeter helicopter in the military vehicle shed.



The Avro Vulcan and Saunders-Roe Skeeter helicopter.

FMA Pucara, F-86D Sabre, Lockheed T-33 and Mystere


English Electric Lightning


Sunday 16th Back again this morning for another sunny, but more calm day. More public around today and a couple of different vehicles showed up. The Vulcan cockpit was once again open to the public, and the farewell tour of XH558 has probably generated more interest amongst the public. The museum was packed during the June Vulcan tour flypast. The resident Austin Champ was in a more prominent place today. A visiting Austin Tilly Light Utility truck belonging to Tom Cummings, parked up next to the Bedford, and it was joined by the Willys MB Jeep of Paul Browning. The Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun was also wheeled out to a better viewing position, and some of the NELSAM guys spent the afternoon freeing up some of the mechanism.

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