Huge thank you 🙏 to our colleagues at the Chinook Support Centre (CSC) based at
@RAF_Odiham for the love, care and attention they have shown the iconic Chinook Bravo November recently. 🚁❤️
The team has been working hard 💪 behind the scenes this year to secure obsolete, scrap or previously decommissioned parts, and re-fit Bravo November with many of the parts she was missing when she first arrived at the Museum back in 2022.
In January this year, the RAF Odiham based team visited the Museum and began work on the engine fitment🔧, installing the engines, Engine Air Particle Separator (EAPS) modules, tail cones and Infra-red Jammers. Inside, the cockpit was also given some attention with the Caution Advisory Panel (CAP) and overhead control panel fitted, along with blanks fitted to the centre console. 🙌
The team returned in June to prepare Bravo November for static display at the RAF Cosford Air Show ✨, re-fitting the rotor blades and an external rescue hoist pod, along with extensive work to the cabin which now includes a full complement of seating and a maintenance panel to the rear. Progress in the cockpit has also advanced, with all items held by the CSC being fitted, including Multifunctional Displays (MFDs), Standby Flight Display (SFDs), control stick assemblies, Line Replacement Units (LRUs), gauges, and remaining blanks fitted to ‘look’ complete.
These before and after photos 📸 illustrate the brilliant work carried out by the team, and we think she’s looking amazing. 🤩 Thank you to the team for all your hard work, 💙 and to Gareth Ballinger at Boeing Defence UK who worked with suppliers to secure all the cockpit LRUs.
🚁 Bravo November is temporarily located in the Museum’s Conservation Centre 🏛️ while work is underway transforming Hangar 1 ready for the new exhibition ‘The RAF: 1980 to Today’, where Bravo November will become accessible to visitors.
📍Visit the RAF Museum Midlands and see Bravo November in our Conservation Centre 👀 which is open daily until 10 July from 10.30am to 3.30pm. Entry is free.