Miscellaneous Newark Air Museum News 2014

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In previous years we have uploaded the delivery photographs on to the NAM website, this year I thought we’d just add the following weblink – 7th February 1983 – Vulcan XM594 delivered to NAM!

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NAM is gearing up for the half-term holiday and please remember don’t let the wet weather put you off visiting!

Subject to volunteer availability there might be some cockpits open as well, check in here for our opening policy!

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The museum is open today, despite the strong winds that are now starting to moderate - however there are two major road accidents on the A17 causing major traffic issues (2 air ambulances in attendance); may be best to delay your visit until Sunday!

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The half-term week is underway and details of what aircraft / cockpit is open each day will be provided in here!

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If anyone is planning to visit the museum this week then please be aware that when you drive towards the museum from the Drove Lane entrance there might be construction lorries that are operating on the former airfield runway and sometimes leaving and entering the site. These are transporting away planed runway surface materials from one of the former airfield runways.

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A quick reminder that the museum is now on its summer opening hours i.e. 10am until 5pm everyday (including Bank Holidays); last admission 4pm – full details can be found in here!

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A couple of fresh updates have been added to the museum website this evening.

One features a late evening visitor – Merlin HC.3 helicopter and the other some new hand-carved models for sale in the shop. More details can be found in here!

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Details of NAM's 2014 BBMF flypasts have been added in here!

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Some details have been added to the museum website earlier today detailing some four wheeled visitors that are coming to the museum this coming weekend. More details can be found in here!

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A couple of aircraft moves have been completed earlier today featuring the Mig-27 and the Jaguar T2A and a couple of photos can be found in here!

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This coming weekend 22nd & 23rd March there are some local events that may affect your journey to the museum, more details in here! Of course if you’re at either Airfield Anarchy or the UK Motorhome & Caravan Show and you need to get a dose of aviation NAM is open 10am until 5pm both days, last admission 4pm!

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Proceeds from the open cockpit sessions at NAM are now being added to ‘Project Panini’ and further details can be found in here!

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A short update about the Harvard restoration has been added in here!

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A couple of updates have been added in here today! One relates to the Summer Aeroboot / Aerojumble sale and the other is a traffic advisory note for any weekend visitors!

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While the weather forecast is perhaps not the best for tomorrow there’s a rare chance for a free visit to the museum, which is taking part in the BBC Big Day Out for Nottinghamshire

All of the participating venues are listed in here N.B. this link opens a PDF file that needs to be printed out if you want to take up the free admission offer at NAM.

To add a little extra to the day several aircraft / cockpits will be open at NAM – there’s a small additional fee to access each one; all proceeds going towards ‘Project Panini’ – the new Café & Education building.

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Some ‘off-beat’ filming is due to take place at the museum a week today, which will help with the museum’s wider community engagement and event promotion – more details in here!

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Information about a 70th Anniversary commemoration that is being hosted at the museum on Sunday 22nd June, 2014 has been added in here. This will commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the loss of 619 Squadron Lancaster ME846; a BBMF Lancaster flypast will form part of the commemoration.

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An update has been added to the museum website in here about progress on the new café / education room project at NAM, which is now progressing in partnership with a local firm of architects.

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Travel advice details for anyone planning on visiting the museum on the weekend of May 10th & 11th 2014 have just been uploaded in here! This relates to the annual County Show over on the Showground – it’s also worth noting the news item has brief details of their BBMF flypast, which take place on both days.

So if you don’t like traffic you could always visit the museum this weekend – open each day of the Bank Holiday weekend 10am until 5pm (last admission at 4pm).

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Some details of the new Project Panini Visitor Centre project have been added in here. Plus there’re some basic design visual options in an album in here!