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Prentice has a good scrub & brush up
Story added 19th August 2007 by Malcolm
Perhaps not the most viewed aircraft on site but the Prentice does represent a lot of peoples first flight experience, so despite the problems inherent in trying to keep some of the fabric from disintegrating we lavish attention on her from time to time trying to maintain her togetherness & dignity with speed tape. The glazing is in less than mint condition & occasionally this has to be repaired, but she still stands on her own legs & maintains good tyre pressures month after month. The Gypsy engine has some compression & we regularly turn the prop to prevent any valve stickyness from happening. So by giving her a good scrub down & a coat of paint we are continuing in a long line of previous museum volunteers in keeping her looking good.
