Reaching for the Sky - Tiger Moth restoration nears completion

Alex Dalli

Oct 30th 2009, 09:53

Dear Maltese Authorities, When can we see the gladiator in the same shape?

Jesmond Micallef

Oct 21st 2009, 17:43

Very well done to the Malta Aviation Museum and its volunteers!!

It would also be ideal to include German Luftwaffe and Italian Regia Aeronautica WW2 warplanes in the collection,somehow !! They did fight the British afterall !!

Anyway just a suggestion, that's all. I know that such planes are very hard to come by !!

Further to land Aviation in Malta, the Maritime Museum has a collection of photographs, if I remember correctly, of Flying Boats being built at the Malta Dockyards in the 1920's !! I cannot exactly remember which makes, but they where big massive biplanes.

I look forward to watching this plane fly next year.

Well done once again !!

David Sammut

Oct 21st 2009, 16:26

All I have to say is '' Volunteers are seldom paid; not because they worthless, but because they are PRICELESS.
Good luck Lads

Richard J. Caruana

Oct 21st 2009, 14:15

Just imagine Sea Gladiator N5520 restored to such pristine condition instead of rotting away at St Elmo!

It's a real shame that Heritage Malta continues to be so stubborn about this. Sooner or later the decay is going to show in a big way and we'll either have to pick up the pieces or consign N5520 to the scrap heap.

Christopher Grainger

Oct 21st 2009, 12:59

I also applaud the work of the aviation museum.
They do not just restore to a reasonable condition for display, the work they do is genuine painstaking restoration : they should be given more responsibility and funding for projects to preserve the rich aviation culture of these islands

Michael Seychell

Oct 21st 2009, 12:39

It is a pity that Heritage Malta are still refusing to pass over one of the only remaining plane out of three - nicknamed Hope, Faith. and Charity which were the only arial defence Malta had during the first months of the last War.

It has been said that the Aviation Museum had also offerred to restore the Airoplane fuselage - or rather "carcass" and handing it back to the War Museum after restoration, but this has been refused by Heritage Authority.

I want to mention also that the Aviation Museum is not being given the attention it deserves by the Malta Tourism Authrity, and nor by the Tourist industry.

As stated by Mr. I. Cilia it is evident that the voluntary work being done by members of the Aviation Museum is not being appreciated enough by the Authorites, and I venture to add by the public .

James Green

Oct 21st 2009, 11:50

What I. Cilia said. Cannot but agree 100%.

I. Cilia

Oct 21st 2009, 10:40

the work that these people do needs to be applauded and appreciated...

all volunteers and they spend a lot of time dedicating themselves to restoration of such fine and unique machines...

well done to the Times for giving them the required exposure..