With apologies for the terrible pun in the Blog title……….time for a brief update on progress for our Auster Mk1 reconditioning project. We have replaced the undercarriage suspension rubber bands (a tricky job and not for the faint-hearted) so we just need to recondition the wheels and brakes and we can pop the aircraft back onto the ground. The brakes…

Our Auster Mk1 (LB 321) joined the flight late 2020, flying into Middle Wallop from Netheravon via the services of a Light Aircraft Association Pilot. Since then, having completed an initial inspection, we decided to ground the aircraft pending a full technical review and associated reconditioning of the whole aircraft. Reconditioning an aircraft that first saw Service in 1942 is…