2 Historic Flight members that can at last smile, but enjoyed every minute of a colossal restoration
Author: HF JR
Sedbergh back in service!
Sedbergh WB922 was back in service on Friday for the Historic Flight, having been aero-towed back from Biscester on 6th July. The aircraft looks fantastic! A really big thanks to those that have helped get it flying again!
WB922 is out of the workshop!
More soon!
WB922 – nearly finished!
With a lot of effort by Adam Clarke and Geoff Beard – our Sedbergh is nearly finished!
Continued Progress
Things are progressing well. With input from Geofff, Vicky and myself the fuselage is almost completely covered in fabric and has its first coat of dope. Dave masked up the remaining wing to do the roundels top and bottom. This is where you get some idea of the hours involved, with extensive masking operations required […]
Fabric on the Fuselage at last !
Another successful 2 days this week which has seen the culmination of the fuselage prep. The broken bits discovered have been patched, glued and sanded, finally the cockpit is now ready for paint – this took most of day one to finish. Geoff has worked tirelessly stripping paint from the tail area and the wing […]
50 years as P1 – to the day!
Yesterday was a rather special day.On 24th Feb 1963 a fresh faced Peter Turner made his first solo flight, not only was this achieved in a Kirby Cadet MKIII it just so happened that it was XA310. So, 50 years on Pete repeated the flight and although, as in 1963, it was a bitterly cold […]
Sedbergh Further Progress
After being somewhat stalled, progress on the Sedbergh is once again gathering pace. Many hands definitely make light work and the fuselage exterior is now sanded with the rear section coated in thinned adhesive ready to take the first of the fabric. Geoff, Vicky and I took it in turns to be buried in the […]
The sun shines on New Year’s Day 2013
After what seems like weeks of dismal weather the sun finally came out on New Year’s Day and was accompanied by a 10-15tk westerly. A loose plan existed to have an airfield BBQ whatever the weather and hopefully some flying. In the event we had around 25 people turn up to experience a very social […]
618VGS OC relives the MKIII experience
Alan Melmore OC 618VGS at Odiham visited the historic flight on Friday and relived flying the MKIII for the first time in many years. A circuit in the Sedbergh completed the pair of wood training gliders Alan has flown. Due to the schools he has operated at Alan is one of the lucky few to […]