News and updates involving the RAF Manston History Museum and its partnership supporting the future preservation and relocation of Nimrod XV232.
The engineering team is making steady progress on aircraft XV232, nearing the removal of both ailerons and moving on to wingtip pods and flaps. Recent challenges include unavailable fasteners and a sheared nut, highlighting the complexity of the work. The goal is to complete these tasks by the August Bank Holiday.
Read moreHeavy Metal Heading South – Nimrod Jacks Begin Their Journey to XV232 Another important piece of the XV232 relocation puzzle
Read moreSometimes the biggest victories on a heritage project don’t happen on the aircraft itself. This weekend, our engineering team turned
Read moreEvery working weekend brings XV232 another step closer to her relocation to the RAF Manston History Museum, and this weekend
Read moreRather than hiring commercial aircraft jacks at significant cost, the team has agreed to look into collecting the original Nimrod
Read moreWhile work on XV232 continues, another important task took place this weekend that will play a key role in the
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Progress continued at a steady pace yesterday as our volunteers tackled two important areas of work, each bringing XV232 another
Read moreAn aircraft doesn’t simply start itself.Before XV232 can one day run her famous Rolls-Royce Spey engines again, we first need
Read moreOne of the less glamorous but most important jobs now underway is safely removing the remaining fuel from XV232.It sounds
Read moreOne of the questions we’re often asked is, “Why does moving XV232 take so long?” The simple answer is that
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