FlyPast – August 2018

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August 2018 FLYPAST 15

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Stratofortress awaits new


colours at Pima


The Pima Air & Space Museum’s Boeing


NB-52A Stratofortress 52-0003 The


High and Mighty One has been stripped


to bare metal prior to an extensive


restoration programme and repainting.


The aircraft is one of three

Stratofortresses at the Tucson, Arizona


attraction. A second aircraft, B-52D


55-0067 The Lone Star Lady is currently


under cover receiving maintenance,


while B-52G 58-0183 Valkyrie continues


to bask in the desert sun.


Westland Lynx HMA.8 XZ722 arrived
in Arizona earlier this year, and has
now been reassembled for display.
The Falklands campaign veteran had
previously been in storage at Middle
Wallop, Hampshire. It has joined an
extensive collection of helicopters at
Pima – these include Lynx AH.7 XZ
which currently resides inside the main
hangar. http://www.pimaair.org ROD WEALE
Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress 52-0003 is to be
repainted at Pima. BOTH ROD WEALE

Westland Lynx HMA.8 XZ722 is now on
public display at the Arizona attraction.

Viggen repaint


completed at Newark


Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire has fi nished its complex repaint of SAAB Viggen
373918 ‘57’. The team has been applying the distinctive ‘splinter pattern’ camoufl age
markings worn by the AJSH 37 variant. The fi nal phase of work focused on the Swedish jet’s
tailfi n. http://www.newarkairmuseum.org HOWARD HEELEY

RAF centenary ‘tour’


opens in Cardiff


More than 23,000 people visited an


exhibition of RAF aircraft outside


Cardiff’s City Hall on May 18 to 20,


marking the service’s centenary.


The types included Sopwith Snipe

replica ‘E6655’, Supermarine


Spitfi re Mk.I replica X4474, painted


in 19 Squadron colours, and Hawker


Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XZ994, a


former 4 Squadron machine. Also


on display over the weekend was


Westland Wessex HC.2 XR497 and


a replica of a Eurofi ghter Typhoon


FGR.4, the latter bearing an


RAF100 logo.


The exhibition also included

an educational zone focusing on


aviation, science and aerospace


activities, designed to encourage


participation from young people.
The RAF’s senior offi cer in Wales,
Air Cdre Adrian Williams, said: “I’d
like to thank the people of Cardiff for
the fantastic welcome they’ve given
us over the past few days. They have
come in their thousands to see the
aircraft which tell our 100-year story
and I hope they enjoyed both this and
the science activities over
the weekend.”
The event marked the start of the
RAF100 Aircraft Tour which will also
visit London (July 6-9), Newcastle
in Northern Ireland (August 10-12),
Birmingham (August 25-27), Glasgow
(August 31-September 2) and
Manchester (September 14-16).
WITH THANKS TO FG OFF MARTIN WADE-RAF

Spitfi re replica X4474 with costumed re-
enactors outside Cardiff City Hall.
VIA RAF

Funding boost for Qantas


Founders Museum


Australia’s Department of Environment
and Energy has announced that the
Qantas Hangar at Longreach’s Qantas
Founders Museum will be among
24 heritage-listed sites to share in
AUS$4.4 million (£2.5m) of funding.
The award is part of the government’s
Protecting National Historic Sites
programme for improved conservation,
restoration and promotion projects. The
museum’s parent company has been
awarded $70,700 for its Qantas

Hangar – Restoring our Past for the
Future project.
In other news, a set of vintage
Qantas boarding stairs was delivered
to Central Queensland University in
Australia on May 7. The 1957-built unit
will be restored by students and staff.
The stairs were donated to the Qantas
Founders Museum by a collector in
Sydney, and will be displayed at the
attraction once the restoration has
been completed. http://www.qfom.com.au

Inside the Qantas Hangar.
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