A few technical problems this morning at the warehouse, but hopefully all will be back to normal later this week. Apologies for the slight delay in getting a few orders out of the door.
Getting towards the end of a 21 year project to fully restore the oldest surviving Britten-Norman Islander, G-AVCN msn 3, the project was recently moved from the workshops to the Wight Military and Heritage Museum, near her birthplace at Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight.![]()
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As a memento of the big day for BNAPS, an illustrated booklet has been produced to record the event. The booklet is in full colour, A5 size, stapled with card covers and made up of 24 pages, including cover pages, showing the move from Brickfields to the Wight Military and Heritage Museum and 4 pages of images for the operating life of Islander number 3, the various moves made VCN and key stages in the restoration work.![]()
The booklet is priced at £5.00 plus £1.00 UK p&p. If anyone is interested in purchasing a copy please reply return so that the size of the print run can be estimated. For orders placed the end of this week booklets would be delivered the end of February. ![]()
All proceeds go to BNAPS for the restoration and preservation of Islander G-AVCN,![]()
Best regards,![]()
Bob - Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society Chairman![]()
Bob Wealthy Solent Aeromarine Enterprises solentaeromarine@hotmail.co.uk
With the sad, but not unexpected, news that RIAT 2021 has joined a long list of cancelled air shows for this year, you can relive all the past shows with their new book![]()
The Royal International Air Tattoo 50th Anniversary Book![]()
www.airtattoo.com/product/riat50book/the-royal-international-air-tattoo-50th-anniversary-book![]()
giving the background stories to each show, alongside great photos of some of the incredible line-ups and participants since that first show at North Weald in 1971.
www.airtattoo.com
“It was an epic spectacle, as magical as anything you've ever seen in the West End, and as loud as anything you've ever heard at Knebworth.”
The electronic version of February's issue of Air-Britain News is now available from PocketMags. ![]()
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Remember that you can still register as an Air-Britain member on showing proof of a current PocketMags 12 month subscription.![]()
The paper copy should be posted out just before the end of the month.
Air Britain News - February 2021
pocketmags.com
Buy subscriptions and issues of Air Britain News - February 2021. Available on Desktop PC or Mac and iOS or Android mobile devices.
With many aircrew not flying at present, it is great to hear how some of them, from a number of airlines, have come together to form #ProjectWingman providing well-being to NHS staff at a variety of hospitals through pop-up First Class Lounges![]()
www.projectwingman.co.uk/our-mission
www.projectwingman.co.uk
Our MissionProject Wingman is a group of current and former aircrew from all corners of aviation, United our profession and dedicated to serving our NHS staff now and in the future. We provide space to unwind, de-compress and de-stress before, during and after hospital shifts, in support of staff...
