Best Restoration Project 2013

We are delighted to announce that Victor XL231 'Lusty Lindy' has received the 'Best Restoration Project' Award from Aviation Xtended - Europe's premier aerospace internet radio programme!

2013 has been a significant year for '231 and the team; with us marking 20 years since Lindy made her final flight and the honour and responsibility for her upkeep passing to myself and the team. With no RAF Stores at hand or Government financial backing to help look after a V-Bomber there have certainly been challenging times. But 20 years on, three re-paints under my hat and an intimate knowledge (yes, I have been in places you would not even believe possible!) of the air frame and systems I'm proud to say that Lindy is as serviceable as she has ever been.

Lindy proved that at 52 years old and having left the RAF 20 years earlier she still had what it takes to wow at her anniversary run in November.

XL231 anniversary run

However, maintaining a complex, 4-engine bomber is an on going feet, we will be sharing our journey on here and on XL231 work diary on the Key Forum as always please do drop us a line if you can offer any support - from picking the brains of ex-ground and aircrew, giving a financial or material donations, making flapjack for the team or lending a hand with a job we really do appreciate it. Thank you for your support in 2013.

The other very well deserving category winners were:

Helping the Aviation Industry – ‘Dragons of Thin Air’ by Doug Worrall http://dragonsofthinair.com

Best Restoration Project – Victor XL231 http://victorxl231.blogspot.co.uk/

Best Online Resource – LiveATC http://www.liveatc.net/

Best Aerospace Book – Avro Vulcan 60th Anniversary http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

Best Product for The Aviation Youngster – Jim the Jet Provost by Amanda Cundall http://www.jimthejetprovost.co.uk/

Best Pilot Product – Drift Ghost Camera http://driftinnovation.com/drift-ghost/

Best Aerospace Watch – Bremont MB http://www.bremont.com/chronometers/range/mb

Best Local Airfield – Compton Abbas http://www.comptonabbasairfield.co.uk/

Best Aerospace Clothing – The Basic Six t-shirt collection http://www.basicsix.co.uk/

Best Family Day Out – South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum http://www.southyorkshireaircraftmuseum.org.uk/

Best Software or Game – Airport Madness 4 http://www.bigfatsimulations.com/

Best Aerospace Product – The Big Book of Flight by Rowland White http://www.rowlandwhite.com/

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