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Although this might sound like we are slightly late to our own party (as news has started to leak out from elsewhere) we have been so busy over the last couple of days that we haven’t had time to make our own announcement. Therefore, it is with a great deal of pleasure (and not a little relief) that...

ZE360 at Manston in 1991, in the company of visiting Hampshire Air Cadets. Wonder where all these smartly dressed boys and girls are these days? Many thanks to Dave Palk for the pic.

Here's another little side project currently ongoing, which has been keeping our Quartermaster and instrument restoration expert Paul West busy on his days off. As ZE360's cockpit is some years away from being ready to have its instrumentation refitted, we thought a good way to showcase some of it w...

The BPAG are proud to announce that our website is now online. This new resource will allow us to publicly archive media and information and release news and updates outside of the confines of the usual social outlets and hopefully be a way to reach those historic aviation enthusiasts who still shun...

Apologies for the slightly commercial nature of this post. Mods please feel free to delete if it breaches any rules. However, it is relevant to BPAG (see below) and all profits are going to charity- Captain Tom Foundation and BOB Memorial Trust have already received donations from pre-orders and SSA...

The glamorous side of aviation preservation strikes again!

Key wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 12:02 Wow, that's a lot of sweating to lay out the carpet! Love the soundtrack, by the way.
Cheers!

Thanks. A bit of copyright free heavy metal found on the internet. Glad you like it.

A couple of vids from the recent move to Manston Airport.

While the focus of our efforts over the past couple of weeks have been on ZE360 and Manston, there is also significant activity happening elsewhere, as another important addition to the BPAG stable has recently been made. As most of you will know, the cockpit section of XV490 is owned by BPAG member...

30 Years Later. A couple of interesting comparisons from ZE360’s recent move to Manston Airport. Firstly, leaving airfield premises for a new life at the Fire School on 28/02/1991 and returning through the same gate on 25/04/2021. Secondly, during the long tow around the airport taxiway, we were abl...

As many of you will be aware, the closure of DFTDC Manston has been ongoing for some time. However, the Covid pandemic has thrown everyone’s planned schedules out of the window, including the date for moving ZE360. We have been fortunate in that the MOD have been very understanding and accommodating...

A nice pic of XV490 in 74 Sqn colours at the 1992 Tiger Meet at Albacete, Spain.

A windy morning at Manston, as most of them were for a few weeks last year. A good visual record of the point the dismantling process had reached in November 2020, just after the CL tank had been removed.

A little thing, but it's the details that make all the difference. While all work on ZE360 is on hold, we continue to restore some of the the smaller parts. For instance, here is an inflation valve from one of the mainwheels which, after many years buried in the Kent soil, was a bit worse for wear. ...

Alpha Kilo One wrote: ↑03 Mar 2021, 19:43 Keep up the good work.
Certainly hope to see you there and then!

Thank you. We'll look forward to it!