{"id":66,"date":"2011-01-23T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T16:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T08:47:54","slug":"the-restoration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/the-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55\" title=\"6832-03\" src=\"http:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6832-03-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6832-03-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6832-03.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition, the removal of the aircraft from the base at Cape Town International Airport, obtaining storage, permission for the project and fighting determined and continuous efforts to have the project disbanded, removed or re-located were all minor obstacles overcome by the dedicated band of volunteers over the years.<\/p>\n<p>This band of volunteers began with six members of the Cape Town Friends, supported by the museologist, the OC of the museum and the base, and serving members of the SAAF.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years this team grew, and as the project grew momentum and Phase One progressed, the 6832 Grubby Rubbies were to be found almost every Saturday giving this aircraft a new lease of life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_274\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-image-274 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/0010028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/0010028.jpg 640w, https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/0010028-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The very first &#8216;Grubby&#8217; workparty. From left, Des Wonfor, Kirk Kinnear, Donald Long and Trevor Smith<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_276\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"size-full wp-image-276\" src=\"http:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/070210-C1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/070210-C1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-content\/uploads\/070210-C1-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The team grew, as did their skills under the tutelage of the stalwart Kevin Furness.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you were one of the team, even if only for a day, <a href=\"http:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">please reach out<\/a> so we can include you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The acquisition, the removal of the aircraft from the base at Cape Town International Airport, obtaining storage, permission for the project and fighting determined and continuous efforts to have the project disbanded, removed or re-located were all minor obstacles overcome by the dedicated band of volunteers over the years. This band of volunteers began with&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/the-restoration\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saafmuseum.org.za\/6832\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}