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By: djrose007
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Jet Age Museum / VTTS - 10 December 2011

Posted: Nov 13 2011 Tags: e28, gloucester, javelin, jet, museum, vulcan Views: 14

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GLOUCESTER :

If you can distribute this text around any groups or contacts in Gloucester/Shire I'd appreciate it. Trying to raise funds for the building of the Jet Age Museum building fund, the more money the better the building!

See Poster in the photos section.

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I don't know how many of you in the Gloucester area are members of the Jet Age Museum ( http://www.jetagemuseum.org ) but they are planning to start building a new Museum premises at Staverton in 2012.

The jet Age Museum is keeping the history and heritage of Gloucester's considerable contribution to the UK aviation industry alive and well.

Please support them in their fundraising on 10 December at 'The Flying Shack', Bamfurlong Lane (just a couple of hundred yards from the Cheltenham Road). Can't miss it, there's a Vulcan nose section by the gate.

This event is a joint event with VULCAN TO THE SKY Club, which supports the only flying Vulcan XH558 ( http://www.vulcantothesky.org ) so you will also be able to able to purchase Vulcan merchandise, as well as Jet Age Museum merchandise, have a cockpit tour of the Vulcan (XM569) nose section, pleasure flights in a Percival Prentice (with Air Atlantique, vintage aircraft), Raffle which will include a Flying Shack flying lesson, Vulcan canvas print and other prizes.

The Javelin and Meteor, hopefully the full scale replica of E28/39 (Whittle) jet weather permitting.

You can also support the museum by becoming a member, it's only £10 per year, or a lifetime membership of £250.

Please come along and support this very worthy LOCAL charity.

ALSO - See the Jet Age Museum on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Jet-Age-Museum/100374323379961

Dave Rose - Gloucester / Copper Red 2.0 Sport RC / X007MXS

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RE: Jet Age Museum / VTTS - 10 December 2011

Hi DJ
Very interesting
A bundle of us will be mooching around Kemble in the not too distant future
Hope this pays off

Got some Vulcan merchandise... just need to see and HEAR her fly

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Posted: Nov 14 2011 By: VO5 Jo Posts: 6280
RE: Jet Age Museum / VTTS - 10 December 2011

She, XH558, had a good display season until about 3/4 of the way through when a fuel leak was noticed and, when that had been fixed there was a hydraulic fault developed during her first flight! Unforunately these two faults were over about 4 weeks of the busy display weekends of the season including Bournemouth, Dunsfold, Shoreham, Oxford, and Dawlish.

There is an incredibly detailed, but very interesting, article about this period at http://www.vulcantothesky.org/history/articles-of-interest/barry-s-blog/blog-8.html

Dave Rose - Gloucester / Copper Red 2.0 Sport RC / X007MXS

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Posted: Nov 16 2011 By: djrose007 Posts: 1879
RE: Jet Age Museum / VTTS - 10 December 2011

...and don't forget low cloud cover preventing her from displaying at Cosford

fingers crossed for next year

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Tourist Trophy or Total Tw4t?

Posted: Nov 16 2011 By: VO5 Jo Posts: 6280