12th October 2007 - Tailcone is completed and fitted to the forward cabin section. Many thanks to all those involved in it's rebuild.

27th October 2007 - Work starts on the stbd sponson, locating the parts & removing any corrosion.

17th November 2007 - A number of sub-assemblies are made of the sponson parts ready for final assembly.

1st December 2007 - The sponson is now rebuilt up to the forward stub wing bulkhead, the decision is made to start to reskin the aft section of the sponson.

9th December 2007 - The aft sections of the sponson are now reskined. Work will continue on the forward sections when a vital missing part arrives sometime in the early New Year.

19th December 2007 - Christmas break; Wishing one and all a Merry Xmas and a great New Year from all the 677 team!

2nd January 2008 - Welcomed news   that the missing part will soon be with us means we can resume our rebuild of the Stbd sponson.

12th January 2008 - With the elusive part now fitted, work can now resume on the forward frames & skins.

6th February 2008 - All the upper skins are now safely back on the sponson, just the bottom ones to finish.

1st March 2008 - At last, the sponson rebuild is complete. Just the repaint to do now.

21st March 2008 - With the sponson just requiring the odd finishing touch here and there work will soon start on the pylon rebuild.

26th March 2008 - Work on the tail pylon starts.

2nd April 2008 - The top and bottom skins are fitted now on to the side skins.

14th April 2008 - The pylon is now rebuilt, it just requires it new coats of paint.

30th April 2008 - The pylon is now finished. It will be fitted sometime in the near future.

4th May 2008 - The stabiliser gets a fresh coat of paint.

10th May 2008 - The pylon and stabiliser are now fitted to 677.

1st May 2008 - Work starts on the stbd engine servicing platform.  

14th May 2008 - The stbd engine servicing platform is completed & fitted.

17th May 2008 - Work starts on th FoD guard, repairing the small amount of damage and then a repaint.

24th May 2008 - The FoD guard is now safely fitted.

25th May 2008 - The port servicing platform now needs a refurb!

7th June 2008 - The port servicing platform painted and fitted.

14th June 2008 - Works starts on the new support cradle, once finished & in place the existing one can be   removed so allowing the sponson. to be fitted.

20th July 2008 - Stbd sponson fitted, work can now start on the port sponson.

23rd July 2008 - Port sponson is now in the workshop, work can begin on removing any corrosion and repairing any damage.

30th July 2008 - With the repairs done work can now start prepping the sponson for the new paint job.

1st August 2008 - Project 677 takes possession of the main gearbox, with thanks to all involved.

24th August 2008 - With the sponson almost ready to fit, work has been focused on some minor jobs to the port fuselage were the sponson will be located.

30th August 2008 - The port sponson is finally fitted. A big thank you too all concerned for getting the project this far.

14th September 2008 - The tail rotor gearbox is fitted in place, now just keeping our fingers crossed for a tail rotor head turning up!

18th September 2008 - Cabin door removed   for paint stripping and repainting in it's true colour.

21st September 2008 - Cabin door now back in place

27th September 2008 - Now that the weathers changed for the worse, time to start on those many small jobs.

27th November 2008 - You will have noticed the lack of updates recently. This is down to 2 reasons, firstly the lack of required parts for the project to progress and secondly, the good old British weather. With 677 outside progress is dictated by our wonderful climate.

4th January 2009 - The rear undercarriage unit is now built up and fitted, 677 is now on all of her own   three feet again.

8th February 2009 - The first of the three tailcone driveshaft covers is fitted, not quite as interchangable as they should be with it requiring an awful lot of modifying to fit.

4th March 2009 - The last two tailcone driveshaft covers are fitted. So much for interchangability, all have required major modification work to make them fit but at least there on. Just some paint needed now.

26th March 2009 - With 90% of the external components fitted work has now started on the internal phase and some minor repair work in the cockpit area.

12th June 2009 - Not much has happened over the last few months, several areas of minor damage have been repaired & news that a MRH may have been located for us is really all I can report. The weather hasn't helped us and the availability of certain required parts has also slowed the progress down somewhat. Hopefully as the weather settles down we'll be able to start on some of the external paintwork.

18th August 2009 - Still not much to tell. The MRH is still just out of reach untill were contacted. The weathers been a pain, no two days the same so the external painting can't be planned. Looks like it's time to start on the inside instead, at least it's a little drier.

1st October 2009 - Well we've started work on "The Office" making a few repairs to damaged areas. We've fitted the yaw control pedals & boots, had a quick tidy up of the wiring, painted the floors & fitted the seat rails. Next the roof console, seats & instrument panel.

15th November 2009 - With the roof console in and the instrument panel fitted we've reached a milestone in the restoration of 677, we now have power to some of the electrical systems, namely the internal lights.

1st February 2010 - Well, good news at last. The MRH has now been acquired and we go to collect it on March 1st. The office is now looking more complete with both cyclics in place & P2 collective fitted. On the electrical front, the nav lights now work and the wiring is slowly being checked/replaced to get the rotating beacons working.

2nd March 2010 - We've got the head, just a little damage to sort out before it's fitted and tested.

20th March 2010 - With the throttles/speed selectors rebuilt and fitted, the cockpit really is taking shape.

11th April 2010 - The main rotor head is now fitted to the Main gearbox and work starts on the repairs to the minor damage.

25th May 2010 - With the repairs to the MRH finished we are just waiting for the unit to be pressure tested before we lift the complete unit into place. Work has started kitting out the 'Dog kennel', the fire bottles are back in along with the oil cooler radiator & the hydraulic reservoirs. On the electrical front, the forward rotating beacon is now working aswel as the patio (hoist) light and the CWP also works on the 'push to test' button. As for the airframe, well this has had several minor jobs completed from fitting the sonobouy racking to replacing the odd rivet or two.