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Times 10:00 to 17:30 Admission Adults - £7.50 Children (4-15) - £4.50 Senior/Concession/Student - £6.50 Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) - £20.00 Family (2 Adults & 3 Children) - £22.00 Club Displays Traders Refreshments Parking Contact http://www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk/events.htm
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I have just been having a look at the sprues of the Italeri 1:48 Westland Wessex HAS.3 kit; mainly the internal flooring area, and then comparing with photo's I took of an actual Wessex HAS.3 currently being refurbished. On the kit, the sonar dipping opening is represented as a rectangle within a larger plate on internal decking. On this photo of the actual aircraft, XM328 currently being refurbished at the Helicopter Museum, it shows that the opening is round, quite large and takes up most of that deck plate area. Also on the kit floor piece, the circular deck plates are raised and prominent but on the actual aircraft they are flush with the flooring. It shouldn't take much effort to: a. cut out the circular opening, although that may also need the vertical plates under the floor adding. b. a little sanding down of the circular plates to a less prominent level. There are more images of this aircraft in our Walkarounds section. The images above, plus many more, will also be added to the WA section in the near future. HTH Mike
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I work as a volunteer, at the Helicopter Museum at Weston Super Mare, and I was in for a treat when two lorries turned up late this afternoon transporting the parts of a Harrier GR.1. It is not a normal GR.1 though as it is the one that was used by Rolls Royce as a test bed for supersonic harriers. This aircraft was, until recently, on display at Kemble in Gloucestershire. The aircraft serial is XV798 The harrier is being off-loaded (in the dark and in pouring rain!) to be laid up for a while outside the main hangar. I'll let you know what future plans there are for it when I find out. I'll leave it to the real harrier enthusiasts here to provide descriptions, histories and specifications of those massive forward thrusters! cheers Mike .
