BCWM fundrasing for ground equipment for Jaguar GR1A XX741

[Alber Ratman]

A group of volunteers at the Bentwaters Cold War Museum are trying to restore SEPECAT Jaguar GR1A to ground running and fast taxi condition (seeing Bentwaters still has a runway). The restoration (of what was a deep storage and heavily spares recovered frame) is progressing well, however the team are trying to obtain ground equipment specific to use on the Jaguar. Loaning MoD equipment has too many constraints to be viable, however the opportunity has arisen to be able to buy a set of Jaguar specific jacks if they can raise the funds to do so (likely to be the only chance in the near future to do so). Other equipment has been brought by the museum recently that has depleted the coffers in regards to purchasing the jacks. They are fund raising using the Paypal system to a dedicated e-mail address linked to the museum bank account. It is a limited time and limited duration fund raising effort just to procure these jacks. Any British donations the museum can claim gift aid as well. This is no "Black Mike" effort, all donations will be recorded in the accounts that have to be audited and published as the Museum is a registered UK charity. Link to the museum appel page is below. If people wish to donate, the link describes the actions required. Just please mention the word "Jaguar" for what the donation is for. that ensures the donation is only spent for the purpose it is given for.

Jaguar XX741 Appeal | Bentwaters Cold War Museum (http://www.bcwm.org.uk/jaguar-xx741-appeal/)

The museum has also set up a You Tube channel to show progress, This frame was stripped bare when purchased but is slowly being brought to life.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuQ7qWtsnb9rJk94Sot3NZw