andrewman
1st Feb 2005, 20:25
Had a day out at the RAF Cosford Museum today, and it was a very nice and chilled out day. Plenty of interesting stuff to see and lots of changes since my last visit a few years back.
Having a good close up look at the outdoor stuff was nice, and so was the look inside the Vulcan B1 cockpit.
Nice to get a good look at the Lincoln and the German and Japanese stuff, oh and the art gallery is most impressive and worth a look around. There are TV's around the museum showing various DVDs and the British Airways one is particularly nice.
Also got to see some Jet Provost's doing short taxi runs, these were on the main airfield, they are used for training ground support staff etc.
Hunter at museum site entrance.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/01.jpg
Jetstream
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/02.jpg
Trident
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/03.jpg
P51 was at Hendon until 2003.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/04.jpg
The oldest Spitfire left in the world.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/05.jpg
Lincoln.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/06.jpg
Dakota.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/07.jpg
Another Jetstream.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/08.jpg
A drone.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/09.jpg
V1.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/10.jpg
Gnat.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/11.jpg
Gnat from another angle.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/12.jpg
Another Gnat.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/13.jpg
B24.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/14.jpg
707.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/15.jpg
Comet.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/16.jpg
Neptune.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/17.jpg
Rather batterd looking Hunter.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/18.jpg
Batterd Hunter again.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/19.jpg
Blue Steal.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/20.jpg
Avro 707.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/21.jpg
Prone position test bed Meteor.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/22.jpg
TSR 2.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/23.jpg
BAC 188.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/24.jpg
Hurricane.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/25.jpg
Jet Provost, they open this up if they have enough staff, today it was shut.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/26.jpg
P1A ( Lightning development aircraft)
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/27.jpg
The ground school Jet Provost\'s.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/28.jpg
Having a good close up look at the outdoor stuff was nice, and so was the look inside the Vulcan B1 cockpit.
Nice to get a good look at the Lincoln and the German and Japanese stuff, oh and the art gallery is most impressive and worth a look around. There are TV's around the museum showing various DVDs and the British Airways one is particularly nice.
Also got to see some Jet Provost's doing short taxi runs, these were on the main airfield, they are used for training ground support staff etc.
Hunter at museum site entrance.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/01.jpg
Jetstream
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/02.jpg
Trident
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/03.jpg
P51 was at Hendon until 2003.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/04.jpg
The oldest Spitfire left in the world.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/05.jpg
Lincoln.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/06.jpg
Dakota.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/07.jpg
Another Jetstream.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/08.jpg
A drone.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/09.jpg
V1.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/10.jpg
Gnat.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/11.jpg
Gnat from another angle.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/12.jpg
Another Gnat.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/13.jpg
B24.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/14.jpg
707.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/15.jpg
Comet.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/16.jpg
Neptune.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/17.jpg
Rather batterd looking Hunter.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/18.jpg
Batterd Hunter again.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/19.jpg
Blue Steal.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/20.jpg
Avro 707.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/21.jpg
Prone position test bed Meteor.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/22.jpg
TSR 2.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/23.jpg
BAC 188.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/24.jpg
Hurricane.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/25.jpg
Jet Provost, they open this up if they have enough staff, today it was shut.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/26.jpg
P1A ( Lightning development aircraft)
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/27.jpg
The ground school Jet Provost\'s.
http://Uk-Jets.me.uk/external05/cosfordmuseum/28.jpg