Post by Bruce on Feb 9, 2009 18:59:03 GMT 12
Whilst at Great Plains this weekend we had a chance to see (and contribute to) the Ashburton aviation Museum's great new Hangar. Proceeds from the raffles at last January's forum meet went partly to this project, so I thought I'd post some pics of the great things going on here. Funding is still required to get the doors on to complete stage 1, but hopefully our SAA weekend has helped the Museum on a bit.
The new hangar is huge, and will eventually accomodate DC3 ZK-AMY and other key aircraft in the collection. the local airworthy Devon is currently in residence
The 2 seat vampire is at last in a position suitable to photograph, along with the Cropmaster
the Single seat Vampire and Harvard likewise enjoy increased space
everyones Favourite!
Pride of place goes to the Harrier (taken outside for better viewing on a nice day)
The "office" looks more comfortable, but substantially more complex than the Jodel D11 I arrived in!
The Friendship is also looking very tidy, although still missing some bits (and with a somewhat odd undercarriage)
this brings back some memories!
I also visited the Aviation Heritage Centre at Omaka on the way back (The cafe was open - and air conditioned!) but Pictures of that have been posted elsewhere in the past, so I'll save my upload bandwidth at this stage - very good museum though!
The new hangar is huge, and will eventually accomodate DC3 ZK-AMY and other key aircraft in the collection. the local airworthy Devon is currently in residence
The 2 seat vampire is at last in a position suitable to photograph, along with the Cropmaster
the Single seat Vampire and Harvard likewise enjoy increased space
everyones Favourite!
Pride of place goes to the Harrier (taken outside for better viewing on a nice day)
The "office" looks more comfortable, but substantially more complex than the Jodel D11 I arrived in!
The Friendship is also looking very tidy, although still missing some bits (and with a somewhat odd undercarriage)
this brings back some memories!
I also visited the Aviation Heritage Centre at Omaka on the way back (The cafe was open - and air conditioned!) but Pictures of that have been posted elsewhere in the past, so I'll save my upload bandwidth at this stage - very good museum though!
