We would like to congratulate all involved in the return of Mosquito KA114 to the air here at Ardmore. It was great to see it become airbourne yesterday after following the work for so many years, and we are all looking forward to it flying tomorrow with several other aircraft of the same era. Also finished this week was the static (for now) Macchi which...
Read MoreUpdate 24th Sept 2012
The P40E tailplane is now finished, check out the new photo of it with fin attached. The first of the Tempest wings is now suspended in the jig with the final mountings just being finalised now. Work has also started on the Tempest forward fuselage with separation of the forward section frame from the monocoque scheduled to happen next week. The NZ...
Read MoreWeek ending 7th September
It has been a busy week with work just about at an end on the P40-E tailplane. Work has continued on the T51 build and the setting up of the fixtures for the rebuild of the Tempest MkII. We have also been assisting New Zealand Warbirds with the assembly of their Macchi 339c which will be displayed in their hangar next to Shyhawk 09. ...
Read MoreHawker Tempest MkII
We were hoping to keep this secret, but with the amount of interest that was never going to happen. So here is the photo of our trial fit up, this is to make sure before restoration gets into full swing that there are no major glitches in alignment and symmetry. All looks good!
Read MoreRed Nose Day.
CAG is in the shop for it’s annual servicing, red nose didn’t fit too well but I’m sure you get the picture. We are proud to still be associated with this aircraft which was rebuilt here and is still going strong.
Read MoreTempest visitors.
A big day for us all on Tuesday with visitors coming in to view the Tempest. Guest’s of honour was Jack Stafford and his wife Edith, Jack needs no real introduction and we were pleased to be able to re-unite him with the Tempest after last sitting in one in 1946. Also present were Jim McCaw’s sons Donald and John and Ron Peet who flew...
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