RAF Museum Cosford Photos (01/02/05)
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RAF Museum Cosford Photos (01/02/05)
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.
Jetstream
Trident
P51 was at Hendon until 2003.
The oldest Spitfire left in the world.
Lincoln.
Dakota.
Another Jetstream.
A drone.
V1.
Gnat.
Gnat from another angle.
Another Gnat.
B24.
707.
Comet.
Neptune.
Rather batterd looking Hunter.
Batterd Hunter again.
Blue Steal.
Avro 707.
Prone position test bed Meteor.
TSR 2.
BAC 188.
Hurricane.
Jet Provost, they open this up if they have enough staff, today it was shut.
P1A ( Lightning development aircraft)
The ground school Jet Provost\'s.
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.
Jetstream
Trident
P51 was at Hendon until 2003.
The oldest Spitfire left in the world.
Lincoln.
Dakota.
Another Jetstream.
A drone.
V1.
Gnat.
Gnat from another angle.
Another Gnat.
B24.
707.
Comet.
Neptune.
Rather batterd looking Hunter.
Batterd Hunter again.
Blue Steal.
Avro 707.
Prone position test bed Meteor.
TSR 2.
BAC 188.
Hurricane.
Jet Provost, they open this up if they have enough staff, today it was shut.
P1A ( Lightning development aircraft)
The ground school Jet Provost\'s.
Andrewman. Fantastic photos and thank you so much for putting them on Pprune. The prone Meteor picture reminded me of the time I was undergoing an Avro 748 type rating at Woodford in 1966 prior to ferrying the VIP version back to Australia for the RAAF. My instructor on the 748 was test pilot Eric Franklin who I believe did some of the original test flying on the prone Meteor.
Eric was a fine instructor. Other test pilots at Woodford at the time was Jimmy Harrison, Bill Else and Tony Blackman.
Eric was a fine instructor. Other test pilots at Woodford at the time was Jimmy Harrison, Bill Else and Tony Blackman.
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Ah, yes, Cosford - I MUST go there this year. Been saying that for yonks... Bristol 188... mmmmm....
Is that the Mustang that used to live at Hendon?
Is that the Mustang that used to live at Hendon?
