Help need to replace missing parts
Update by Denys Jones
The team at Ferrymead Heritage Park, New Zealand who are restoring Viscount c/n 283 ZK-BRF, need help replacing
parts removed from the aircraft by NAC - New Zealand National Airways Corporation before restoration started in
1975. Missing are the elevator and rudder torque tube assemblies. They are elaborate units but fill a major
space in the tail bay.
If you can help please contact
Denys Jones - Denys.Jones@VickersViscount.net
at the Ferrymead Heritage Park.
Quality of the restoration
The sequence of photos below illustrates the attention to detail that the team at Ferrymead Heritage Park are
working to. The unit is one of two control cable tensioners that fits in the rear bay of the aircraft, one for
rudder cables and one for elevators.
Often during restoration the team finds items that have changed colour during their operational lives. Where
ever possible they are returned to the earliest and most original colour.
The control cable tensioner as inherited.
The control cable tensioner is then stripped down to it constituent parts.
The parts are then cleaned by whatever method appropriate to the material they're made of.
The parts are then painted as appropriate - etch primed or galvanic primed, primed, and finally top coated.
The control cable tensioner is then reassembled and finally fitted back into the aircraft.
For more information on this project visit the
Ferrymead
web site and watch the news pages here at the Vickers Viscount Network.
Ferrymead Heritage Park, Ferrymead Park Drive, Heathcote, Christchurch, New Zealand. Phone +64 3
3841970
