Jessie The Jeep

Did you see the B-17 landing bounce? I bet that was none to dull from inside the cockpit!!!! Steve

Maybe, but that flying under the bridge is something else!!!

Ray was a master of low flying. It was Ray and MH434 that flew under Winston Bridge in County Durham for the LWT mini series "Piece of Cake". The 100 feet span bridge was a very small target at 200Kts! See the clip on the 'other' video site! Steve

A few more pictures can be found HERE Steve

One reason for the event was to raise funds for the restoration of the Vulcan. After spending over 20 years outdoors, the weather has taken its toll on the magnesium alloy structure, in addition to vandals attacking the aircraft. There are plans for re-skinning damaged areas and then repainting the Vulcan in its Cold War green/grey camouflage upper surface and gloss 'anti-flash' white underside. Before the event, the Vulcan had received a good wash and scrub to remove a build up of dirt and moss, but this didn't stop it receiving a wash down by the fire truck on Saturday evening. The long term plans are then to raise funds to build a hangar to protect the aircraft from further attack. While the exterior of the Vulcan looks a little sorry for itself at present, internally the aircraft is in good condition, with parts being donated and swapped to keep the Elvington Victor taxiing and to help Vulcan XH558 return to the sky.

Many of the usual dioramas seen at North East events were present, but by far the largest was the combined display by the MVT(NE) members themselves, which was made up from four Dodges, two Jeeps, Jon's Staff Car, plus several tents and numerous pieces of fighting and support equipment.

On the event weekend, there were around 30 vehicles turned up from all eras, with the majority attending both days of the show. Those who came on Saturday got the best of the weather. The aircraft museum volunteers had moved several exhibits around for the weekend allowing the Falklands War Pucara ground attack aircraft and newly restored Bofors gun to be displayed outside. A couple of our local re-enactors were manning the Bofors when the Police Helicopter flew over and claimed to have shot it down! In addition to the many WW2 vehicles and re-enactors, there were several from the Post War period, and travelling back in time further than we usually see, a group of American Civil War Re-enactors.

Preparations at NEAM began weeks before the event with general tidying of the site and final touches to exhibits. A week before the event, several MVT(NE) members brought vehicles to the museum for a press day. In the end, only the Sunderland Echo turned up, which resulted in a large article in the paper published on Friday 7th.

I use a Nikon D50 Digi SLR with a 18-55mm & 70-300mm lenses. It's about 6.something MP giving a max picture size of 3008x2000 pixels. I also have a x2 converter for airshow pics turning my 70-300 to a 140-600mm. You don't really need a large flash gun for museums, just a tripod. With the tripod, you can have a longer more steady exposure with natural lighting and no harsh shadows that flash guns create. I'm sure you seen plenty of my pics around the site, I'm pretty happy with them. Dust can be a problem, but there are plenty of lens and sensor cleaning kits available to keep you dust free. Even a brand new camera will have some dust 'built into it' during manufacture. You can never escape it completely, no matter what camera you have! Steve

It's a stunning display too!!!

Several of us have been testing this for a while now, but now that it is fully live, how long will it take for videos to be 'approved'. Is it a manual process by moderators?? Steve

10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 15, 21, 3, 6......... :dunno:

When Bagpuss wakes up, all his friends wake up too???????

You've finally got us a HMVF on line lap dancer????? :-D

Have you checked the Carb for the remains of that Arnhem hedge? :-D

I posted here many months ago with "In The Garage" by Weezer, as I was working on the Jeep at the time. Now there are two new tunes for Jessie the Jeep. With my recent France, Belgium, Holland trip in mind............ Lisa Stansfield - "All Around The World" and The Pretenders - "2000 Miles" because thats around the milage I drive the Jeep each year. Steve

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Some pics I took during the J&J Press Day...... http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/vultee35/Re-enactors/neam_press/neam_p1.jpg[/img] http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/vultee35/Re-enactors/neam_press/neam_p2.jpg[/img] http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/vultee35/Re-enactors/neam_press/neam_p3.jpg[/img] http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/vultee35/Re-enactors/neam_press/neam_p4.jpg[/img]

Girls do seem to like my Jeep, or maybe it's just the driver! :whistle:

When rain water gathered on top of the rear canvas moves forward and soaks the driver when he stops quick! Something you don't suffer with a Jeep! Steve

:-D I swapped a few around using my own site as host because of pics not showing! Steve

and I thought it was just policemen who looked young these days! Steve

It's a shame we missed Enigma almost falling head first into the muddy pool, and Joris driving through the hedge at the cemetary! Steve

See YouTube link Joris' Dodge and Me in the Jeep. Steve

I thought that was Jack's theme tune? Steve