Following a �?3.6-million refurbishment, the National Museum of Flight's military aviation hangar will re-open to the public on 25 March, Good Friday. Restoration of the hangar's most eagerly-awaited occupant, Bristol Bolingbroke IVT RCAF 9940, is now in the final stages. In late February it was fitted with propellers for the first time since the summer of 1946, when the aircraft was put up for sale at the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Paulson, Manitoba, and acquired by a farmer for the wiring, tyres and various other recyclable parts. One of the new propellers was sourced in France, the second from the Leith engineering firm George Brown & Sons. The aeroplane has been painted in the yellow training colours it wore after being delivered to the RCAF in August 1942, for service as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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