NEWARK AIR MUSEUM - News Release
Newark Air Museum – Autumn Update
Work is now well underway on the restoration of the Harvard cockpit section from airframe KF532. Wherever possible the original structural framework is being retained, however new tubular structure has now been welded into the rear sections to provide increased rigidity. It is planned to highlight the difference between the original and new sections. The original sections will be de-corroded and then sealed with a clear varnish, whilst the news sections will be primed and painted.
Some assistance for this project is still required and the team working on KF532 are looking for: some additional canopy sections; another seat; and a control column for the rear cockpit. Anyone able to provide assistance is asked to contact the Curator or Restoration Manager via the museum website www.newarkairmuseum.org
This winter Newark Air Museum is undertaking several significant building refurbishments. Work is already underway on refurbishing the building constructed around the Argosy procedures trainer that was build by the RAF from the cockpit of XN819. This project provided a recent rare glimpse of this Argosy cockpit section, which it is hoped can again be returned to an operational condition during the winter months.
As a further benefit of this particular building refurbishment, some additional spares storage space will be created. This will allow the museum to fully document its 'large parts' spares holding and then store the parts in a more accessible space.
Some additional refurbishment work is currently being planned for part of the roof of Display Hangar 1. This may result in some temporary closures to parts of this display space in the coming months. The museum staff and volunteers are working with the contractor to minimise the effects of any such temporary closures, which will be notified in advance on the news page of the museum website www.newarkairmuseum.org
