Sat May 15, 2021 2:36 pm
#1847156
[From briefing for the guide teams volunteers at the museum this morning]
Operations will be very much as during last autumn's 'relaxation of lockdown', ie
1300-1600 only
limited seating and menu in cafe, but picnic tables available by airside fence
continuing precautions: distancing, face coverings, T&T check-in
(NHS App barcodes displayed in various places)
cockpits within hangar, Trident, Vulcan not open
Most exhibits are the same and in the same places still
From weekend 26-27 June, unless HMG Guidance changes, we hope to be able to revert to 'normal' (pre-Covid) conditions; ie 1000-1600, fuller cafe menu, more seating, ..
However:
Airport management has informed us that they intend, starting soon and to be completed this year, to erect a 2.4m high mesh fence between the assigned museum areas and 'airside' areas. We have asked but have not yet been told whether airside access can continue during these works, and how (if at all ) it will be possible when the works are complete. We hope there will be incorporated into the fence some sort of adequately securable gate (pedestrian or, ideally, wingspan-wide!), with the museum Duty Manager able and authorised to open it for airside visitor arrivals; and, if necessary to move whole aircraft in and out.
Also, it looks as if Taxiway R and the museum airside parking area has not been mown since the pre-Christmas lockdown. The 'R1' Holding Point sign is barely visible through the grass from the 'picnic tables mound'! Looks like a 'tundra tyres' surface at the moment ..
So, it might be prudent (and even helpful to the museum ) for anyone hoping to fly in to visit at a weekend, or even just to fly in to Staverton, to ask when calling PPR whether Taxiway R and the apron have been mown recently. I assume they're still in the AIP ..
Anyway, we hope to see Forumites again very soon. Hereunder is a photo of the airside grass this morning, and of a new caption board showing some of the 'coming soon' attractions on which the restoration team have been working when permitted under 'workplace' guidance:
Operations will be very much as during last autumn's 'relaxation of lockdown', ie
1300-1600 only
limited seating and menu in cafe, but picnic tables available by airside fence
continuing precautions: distancing, face coverings, T&T check-in
(NHS App barcodes displayed in various places)
cockpits within hangar, Trident, Vulcan not open
Most exhibits are the same and in the same places still
From weekend 26-27 June, unless HMG Guidance changes, we hope to be able to revert to 'normal' (pre-Covid) conditions; ie 1000-1600, fuller cafe menu, more seating, ..
However:
Airport management has informed us that they intend, starting soon and to be completed this year, to erect a 2.4m high mesh fence between the assigned museum areas and 'airside' areas. We have asked but have not yet been told whether airside access can continue during these works, and how (if at all ) it will be possible when the works are complete. We hope there will be incorporated into the fence some sort of adequately securable gate (pedestrian or, ideally, wingspan-wide!), with the museum Duty Manager able and authorised to open it for airside visitor arrivals; and, if necessary to move whole aircraft in and out.
Also, it looks as if Taxiway R and the museum airside parking area has not been mown since the pre-Christmas lockdown. The 'R1' Holding Point sign is barely visible through the grass from the 'picnic tables mound'! Looks like a 'tundra tyres' surface at the moment ..
So, it might be prudent (and even helpful to the museum ) for anyone hoping to fly in to visit at a weekend, or even just to fly in to Staverton, to ask when calling PPR whether Taxiway R and the apron have been mown recently. I assume they're still in the AIP ..
Anyway, we hope to see Forumites again very soon. Hereunder is a photo of the airside grass this morning, and of a new caption board showing some of the 'coming soon' attractions on which the restoration team have been working when permitted under 'workplace' guidance:
(mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport
http://www.jetagemuseum.org/
TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
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http://www.jetagemuseum.org/
TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction ... gland.html