Posted by admin on Nov 14, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Just a quick one to say I have added more photos to the, Tempest, Bearhawk and Titan pages but the big news is that the C type has had a quantum leap forward.                     There are also more photos and detail added to the P40E project on the For Sale...

Posted by admin on Nov 1, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Not the best of days weather wise but we thought it was about time we took a staff photo.               Trevor is enjoying the assembly of the Titan T51 but the lure of a fine afternoon during the week proved too much of a drawcard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKMceT0hoA  Maybe he should have stayed at...

Posted by admin on Oct 10, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

It has been a busy couple of weeks with a lot of visitors through the shop. Yesterday we received a consignment of items for the T51 including the engine (3.5 litre V6 ) prop and the larger undercarriage legs. Check out these photos on the T51 page.  On the Tempest we are now pulling the entire forward section of the fuselage to pieces, once it has been...

Posted by admin on Sep 28, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments

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...

Posted by admin on Sep 23, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments

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...

Posted by admin on Sep 7, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

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. ...