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Our first-foots of the New Year at the Museum were Jim Kay of Connecticut, USA, and C. Wark, Dumbarton, who were presented with a copy of 'Haunted Places of Scotland' on behalf of the museum.
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Montrose Air Station Museum Trust member Ian Robb, Luthermuir, supervised
unloading three aero engines delivered to the museum at the end of January.
One is a ‘Whittle’ style gas turbine, representative of the first British
jet engines from the last war, the other two being Rolls Royce Merlin engines
which are destined for a Spitfire restoration project which is taking place
‘somewhere in Scotland’. Ian is seen unloading one of the Merlins, which
were transported to the Museum courtesy of Gindera Motors, Montrose, and
we are grateful to them for helping us. The Merlins are both from Spitfires,
but I do not have the ‘gen’ on that at the moment, and the jet engine was
recovered from a local technical college some years ago. It is sectioned
for display, but I have not found a maker’s plate so far.
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Although the Museum at Waldron Road, Montrose, is open only every Sunday
to the public, manned by volunteers, other times can be arranged for groups
and interested parties, contact the Museum on 01674 674210 or 673107. Visitors
to the Museum have shown a steady increase over the years. In 1994, the
first year of opening, the total number was 18 (eighteen), and last year,
1998, there were 800 (eight hundred) visitors. Museum members are now planning
the final details of the Museum’s participation in National Aviation Week,
when the museum will be open to the public from Saturday April 24 to Monday
May 3. The week will culminate in a Military Vehicle Rally at the museum
over the bank holiday weekend, May 1 to 3, when it is hoped vehicles from
all over Scotland will attend. Although there will be the usual charge
to see the museum collection, admission to the vehicles will be free. At
the end of May the museum will be taking part with other Angus museums
in National Museums Week, which runs from the 15 May to the 23rd.