David Amis has kindly supplied us with one of his rollover jigs for the fuselage so we can easily turn it over to work on. Specifically designed for the classic car restoration market these jigs can also help in the …
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Don Yates has joined our volunteer team as resident welder. He is retired and spent over 40 years working for the railway as a welder latterly in the instructing roll so is very experienced. We are sorting out his CAA …
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Work is progressing well on the wings with the first main spar almost complete and our team of volunteers are working on the wing ribs in anticipation of starting to assemble the wings as soon as all the spars are …
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Frost Auto Restoration Techniques Limited Have kindly donated the sheet steel we need for the canopy window slides

LAS Aerospace have agreed to help with the supply of some of the materials we need for the project including sheet steel and tubes plus all the consumables like nuts and bolts etc.

Metalplas have kindly donated the Phosphor Bronze we need for the flap bearings.

Ken Fern, who initiated the project and introduced it to the current Comet Racer Project Group, has been busy with the engine mount frames and the undercarriage support structures. Jigs have been necessary to hold the steel tubes in position …
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Ken Fern has managed to persuade Dynea to provide the Aerodux glue for us. The Group is most grateful for this generous gesture. Aerodux glue was developed many years ago specifically for aircraft and it was, of course, used extensively …
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The Group is delighted to have received a generous donation from DSC (Aviation) Ltd. Only recently did Duncan Swift the proprietor of the company learn of our project. This lead to a visit to Derby and a donation came within …
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Roger Hinchcliffe has kindly volunteered to produce the rudder at his home workshop near Northampton and he is now well advanced. Progress was held up for a while by moving house and workshop. Very traumatic. We wish him well in …
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