Author: HF JR

The clutch plates have been fitted, and the clutch and gearbox installed back onto the winch. There are now plans to fit the passenger seat from the Peugeot onto the winch. After that – just the cab to refit before the winch is ready to resume operations.

Thanks to Webby we now have a new clutch plate in Weston awaiting collection by Jeff on Thursday. This is going to cost us about

WB922 flew for this afternoon for the first time in several months. After the cab was put back on the winch, there was enough time for everyone to get a flight before sunset. Thanks to all those that have put in so much hard work to get it all working again.

PAY UP.

A Prefect from Keevil will be with us this year and will be here in time to be displayed at the Vintage Flying Weekend.

After much effort the winch clutch has now been removed and Andy has been trailing around Chippenham to find a replacement. He has achieved but it will cost

A team took apart the gearbox and clutch on Friday. Parts are now being sourced to replace the worn parts. Thanks guys!!!

Owing to the very poor flying weather on the pre-christmas course we were able to tackle the work on the landrover and it is now fully serviceable.The rear wheel hub leaking oil seal has been fixed along with a new rear axle breather valve which should stop the problem in the future. The battery master […]

We have taken XA310 apart and loaded it onto its trailer, taken the cab off the Babe winch so we can get to the clutch, disconnected the battery to the Brut so we can fit a battery isolator. In fact Andy has taken a few extra redundant bits of metal off the Babe with his […]