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XN506 was sold in February 1993. The last user was 1FTS at Linton-on-Ouse where it was coded 19.
It had a long service life with 1 FTS, 3 FTS, 6 FTS, 7 FTS, CFS and RAFC.
It received the avionics up-date and became a T.3A.
It was one of several JP3s used by 26 Squadron, from RAF Wyton?
Ciarain.
It had a long service life with 1 FTS, 3 FTS, 6 FTS, 7 FTS, CFS and RAFC.
It received the avionics up-date and became a T.3A.
It was one of several JP3s used by 26 Squadron, from RAF Wyton?
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Tangmere
Not that small ! More like 2-3 days than hours to see everything ( even then you couldn't take it all in - maybe you visited a while ago ).
Exhibits include - outside; Meteor, T-33, Sea Harrier FA2, Sea Vixen, Phantom; soon a Vampire T-11 possibly in running condition.
Inside; Neville Duke's world speed record afterburning Hunter, the earlier world speed record Meteor, Swift, Lightning, Hunter F6, a Hunter F4 cockpit to sit in, perfect replicas of the prototype Spitfire K5054 with R.J.Mitchell artefacts & spare hoods & slipper tanks etc, ditto replica Spitfire 5C, & Hurricane.
3 simulators, one flying a Hurricane in the Battle of Britain, the other 2 offering various aircraft & degrees of difficulty, from a Chipmunk already lined up to land at Tangmere, to flying a Hunter through Tower Bridge ( it was done for real ), a demo' simulator to try following German guidance beams versus the Brit' countermeasures, a display of the significant American input ( + Luftwaffe ! ) Cold War nuclear control bunker demo, the recovered Hurricane of Dennis Noble's as mentioned, a real household shelter, an original airfield air raid shelter open to visit, various engine displays, a pop-up pill box under restoration to working order, an original Ferret armoured car ( now restored 'as new' & running, simply left when the RAF pulled out ! ), a comprehensive library to visit, and a lot more.
For a panoramic view google 'Tangmere Military Aviation Museum' - I'll try to get some decent photo's to put up here.
I'm a volunteer there, and I'm constantly finding 'new' artefacts !
For satnav', the postcode is PO20 2ES, Tel. 01243 790090 - best to call first in very bad weather.
Exhibits include - outside; Meteor, T-33, Sea Harrier FA2, Sea Vixen, Phantom; soon a Vampire T-11 possibly in running condition.
Inside; Neville Duke's world speed record afterburning Hunter, the earlier world speed record Meteor, Swift, Lightning, Hunter F6, a Hunter F4 cockpit to sit in, perfect replicas of the prototype Spitfire K5054 with R.J.Mitchell artefacts & spare hoods & slipper tanks etc, ditto replica Spitfire 5C, & Hurricane.
3 simulators, one flying a Hurricane in the Battle of Britain, the other 2 offering various aircraft & degrees of difficulty, from a Chipmunk already lined up to land at Tangmere, to flying a Hunter through Tower Bridge ( it was done for real ), a demo' simulator to try following German guidance beams versus the Brit' countermeasures, a display of the significant American input ( + Luftwaffe ! ) Cold War nuclear control bunker demo, the recovered Hurricane of Dennis Noble's as mentioned, a real household shelter, an original airfield air raid shelter open to visit, various engine displays, a pop-up pill box under restoration to working order, an original Ferret armoured car ( now restored 'as new' & running, simply left when the RAF pulled out ! ), a comprehensive library to visit, and a lot more.
For a panoramic view google 'Tangmere Military Aviation Museum' - I'll try to get some decent photo's to put up here.
I'm a volunteer there, and I'm constantly finding 'new' artefacts !
For satnav', the postcode is PO20 2ES, Tel. 01243 790090 - best to call first in very bad weather.
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Trident three G-AWZI Preserved Nose Section
On display at the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum (FAST) there is a preserved nose section from a Trident three G-AWZI. The aircraft served with BEA and later BA from 1971-1985. A dedicated website can be viewed WWW.G-AWZI.CO.UK which gives the aircrafts full history, its retirement and restoration. Also how to become one of the many volunteers at the FAST Museum. The museum is FREE to enter and is open every weekend 1000-1600.
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re Al Mahatta, Sharjah
To SU-GCM: The museum at Sharjah is an interesting place, but its contents are not what they seem to be. I described tham at:
l.garey - RAF Sharjah, Al Mahatta Museum
The old Imperial Airways resthouse, dating from 1932, still exists in the middle of Sharjah. Apart from a number of miscellaneous aviation-related items, four aircraft are on display in a hall next to the old control tower. They purport to be four of Gulf Aviation's original aircraft, according to the accompanying notices. At first glance a DC3, a Dove and a Heron, indeed, could have been genuine, but an Anson labelled as a Mark I, but obviously a much newer one, is suspicious.
In fact, Heron "G-ANFE" is actually constructor's number 14072, a Heron 2 originally owned by West African Airways Corporation, as VR-NAQ. It was then registered G-ARKU with Overseas Aviation Ltd. In 1961 it was transferred to the Royal Navy, and converted to a Sea Heron C20 (XR443). Withdrawn from use in 1989 it was sold as G-ORSJ, later changed to G-ODLG. Sold again in 1993 it became VH-NJP with Heron Airlines in Australia. It was acquired for the museum and painted to represent G-ANFE in 2003. There is a constructor's number on a plate just behind the co-pilot's head "14072", and also a hand-written "NJP" on the captain's roof
The Anson "G-AKVW" is ex TX183, built at Yeadon in 1946. It was with Bomber Command Communications Flight at Booker, then Abingdon Station Flight, before moving on to No.1 ANS at Hullavington. It went later to Shawbury, and A&AEE Boscombe Down where its service career finished in 1968. It was then sold to the Shuttleworth Trust, who were planning on a restoration programme, but that never came to fruition. It was registered G-BSMF. The flaps are half lowered, so you can see identity plates on both sides. It is quite clearly marked as "Type no 652A" and Mk XXI on one side and Mk 21 on the other! The flaps carry the dates 22/10/48 on one side and 9/1/51 on the other! Maybe the flaps were taken from a Mk 21, and fitted to this C19 airframe. There is, of course, no way it could be a Mark I, which is a completely different aircraft!
Dove 6 "G-AJPR" was built in 1956; its constructor's number is 04469. It was on the Italian register as I-TONY and then became G-ARDE.
The DC3 "G-AMZZ" has a tiny label on the roof between the pilots "C-GCXE". Otherwise, I could not find any identification plates. In the undercarriage bays there are "RCAF" labels. The aircraft is actually constructor's number 12254, a C47A delivered to the USAF as 42-92452 and almost immediately passed on to the RAF at Montreal as FZ669. It served with the RAF in Canada until 1946 when it was officially passed to the RCAF. Pensioned off 1976, it became C-GCXE with Aero Trades Western. Cancelled from the Canadian register in 1977, it next appeared on the Dominican register as HI-502. Re-registered as N688EA in 1993.
The nose and cockpit of Comet R2 XK655 were added to the collection in 2008. It was the first production Comet 2 (G-AMXA) making its first flight in 1953. It was the first to go to the Royal Air Force. In 1955 it was modified at Marshalls of Cambridge to the Mk R2 electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) version, and was based in Cyprus with 51 Squadron. It patrolled with experimental surveillance and radar equipment, frequently being detached to Sharjah. When retired from flying it was sold to the Strathallan collection in Scotland. On landing at Strathallan it damaged the undercarriage, but was repaired for static display. When the StrathallanMuseum closed in 1990 it was scrapped with only the cockpit section surviving. It was put on the roof at GatwickAirport in 1995. After spending about 10 years outside it was restored again before shipping to the Al Mahatta Museum as the first jet airliner to land at Sharjah.
Laurence
l.garey - RAF Sharjah, Al Mahatta Museum
The old Imperial Airways resthouse, dating from 1932, still exists in the middle of Sharjah. Apart from a number of miscellaneous aviation-related items, four aircraft are on display in a hall next to the old control tower. They purport to be four of Gulf Aviation's original aircraft, according to the accompanying notices. At first glance a DC3, a Dove and a Heron, indeed, could have been genuine, but an Anson labelled as a Mark I, but obviously a much newer one, is suspicious.
In fact, Heron "G-ANFE" is actually constructor's number 14072, a Heron 2 originally owned by West African Airways Corporation, as VR-NAQ. It was then registered G-ARKU with Overseas Aviation Ltd. In 1961 it was transferred to the Royal Navy, and converted to a Sea Heron C20 (XR443). Withdrawn from use in 1989 it was sold as G-ORSJ, later changed to G-ODLG. Sold again in 1993 it became VH-NJP with Heron Airlines in Australia. It was acquired for the museum and painted to represent G-ANFE in 2003. There is a constructor's number on a plate just behind the co-pilot's head "14072", and also a hand-written "NJP" on the captain's roof
The Anson "G-AKVW" is ex TX183, built at Yeadon in 1946. It was with Bomber Command Communications Flight at Booker, then Abingdon Station Flight, before moving on to No.1 ANS at Hullavington. It went later to Shawbury, and A&AEE Boscombe Down where its service career finished in 1968. It was then sold to the Shuttleworth Trust, who were planning on a restoration programme, but that never came to fruition. It was registered G-BSMF. The flaps are half lowered, so you can see identity plates on both sides. It is quite clearly marked as "Type no 652A" and Mk XXI on one side and Mk 21 on the other! The flaps carry the dates 22/10/48 on one side and 9/1/51 on the other! Maybe the flaps were taken from a Mk 21, and fitted to this C19 airframe. There is, of course, no way it could be a Mark I, which is a completely different aircraft!
Dove 6 "G-AJPR" was built in 1956; its constructor's number is 04469. It was on the Italian register as I-TONY and then became G-ARDE.
The DC3 "G-AMZZ" has a tiny label on the roof between the pilots "C-GCXE". Otherwise, I could not find any identification plates. In the undercarriage bays there are "RCAF" labels. The aircraft is actually constructor's number 12254, a C47A delivered to the USAF as 42-92452 and almost immediately passed on to the RAF at Montreal as FZ669. It served with the RAF in Canada until 1946 when it was officially passed to the RCAF. Pensioned off 1976, it became C-GCXE with Aero Trades Western. Cancelled from the Canadian register in 1977, it next appeared on the Dominican register as HI-502. Re-registered as N688EA in 1993.
The nose and cockpit of Comet R2 XK655 were added to the collection in 2008. It was the first production Comet 2 (G-AMXA) making its first flight in 1953. It was the first to go to the Royal Air Force. In 1955 it was modified at Marshalls of Cambridge to the Mk R2 electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) version, and was based in Cyprus with 51 Squadron. It patrolled with experimental surveillance and radar equipment, frequently being detached to Sharjah. When retired from flying it was sold to the Strathallan collection in Scotland. On landing at Strathallan it damaged the undercarriage, but was repaired for static display. When the StrathallanMuseum closed in 1990 it was scrapped with only the cockpit section surviving. It was put on the roof at GatwickAirport in 1995. After spending about 10 years outside it was restored again before shipping to the Al Mahatta Museum as the first jet airliner to land at Sharjah.
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To l.garey
Thanks a lot for the great information you have provided here and on the website attached
During my visits I got the chance of recording the videos that were displayed during the visit if you would like I would be happy to upload them on youtube and provide you with links to add to your website
Regards
SU-GCM
Thanks a lot for the great information you have provided here and on the website attached
During my visits I got the chance of recording the videos that were displayed during the visit if you would like I would be happy to upload them on youtube and provide you with links to add to your website
Regards
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On Friday I had the opportunity during a business trip to vsit the Ukrainian National Aviation Museum in Kiev.
Absolutely superb for western eyes, simple descriptions in Ukranian and English. I couldn't find an english speaker anwhere to ask questions, but that was not a problem. Entry fee, equivalent of £0.60. Anyone who wants more information please message me. Many more pictures of other exhibits.
The Museum is located on the perimeter of Zhulyani Airfield about 8km South West of Kiev City centre.
I haven't labelled these in case anyone wants some identifying fun. These 12 are about 1/5 of the aircraft there including a complete Ilyushin civilian line up and a full Mig line up from Mig-15 to Mig-29. For me the highlights were the Backfires and the Bear. Yes, the svelt figure is me.
A superb visit and an ambition fulfilled and, as you can see, gardening is not their forte.
Corsairoz
Absolutely superb for western eyes, simple descriptions in Ukranian and English. I couldn't find an english speaker anwhere to ask questions, but that was not a problem. Entry fee, equivalent of £0.60. Anyone who wants more information please message me. Many more pictures of other exhibits.
The Museum is located on the perimeter of Zhulyani Airfield about 8km South West of Kiev City centre.
I haven't labelled these in case anyone wants some identifying fun. These 12 are about 1/5 of the aircraft there including a complete Ilyushin civilian line up and a full Mig line up from Mig-15 to Mig-29. For me the highlights were the Backfires and the Bear. Yes, the svelt figure is me.
A superb visit and an ambition fulfilled and, as you can see, gardening is not their forte.
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You are right Corsairoz, a wonderful museum and, of course, you are constantly erntertained by the airport approach which, when I was there included An-2s, An-24s, and An-26s, included a Nigaraguan AF AN-26 pre-delivery. Another musuemthat I'd recommend is Belgrade... Here are a few shots, including the excellent storage area.... RR
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RMAF Museum, Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur.
At the beginning of this month, I spent a few days in the Kuala Lumpur area and took a few hours out to have a look around the RMAF Museum.
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MUSEUM IN fRANCE
Whilst driving through France this summer I came across a museum in the grounds of a Chateau, I spent a very enjoyable day there.
The Chateau les Savigny, built in 1340, has on display 200 fighter aircraft including Meteors, Vampires, F84s, F100s the complete Blue Angels team, the Patrouil de France team every mark of Russian Mig and far too many others to list.
The Chateau also houses 2,300 model aircraft, 300 motorcycles, and a selection of racing cars. There is accomodation nearby.
The Chateau is open 09.00-18.30 April to October
and 09.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.30 November to March
Entrance costs 10 euros for adults, children under 9 are free.
http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/E...les-Beaune.htm
PS An added bonus is that the Chateau is also a vineyard and produces its own excellent wine!
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Fangio
The Chateau les Savigny, built in 1340, has on display 200 fighter aircraft including Meteors, Vampires, F84s, F100s the complete Blue Angels team, the Patrouil de France team every mark of Russian Mig and far too many others to list.
The Chateau also houses 2,300 model aircraft, 300 motorcycles, and a selection of racing cars. There is accomodation nearby.
The Chateau is open 09.00-18.30 April to October
and 09.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.30 November to March
Entrance costs 10 euros for adults, children under 9 are free.
http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/E...les-Beaune.htm
PS An added bonus is that the Chateau is also a vineyard and produces its own excellent wine!
regards,
Fangio
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Savigny
Have a look at:
www.paulnann.com Military Aviation Photo Gallery - Location: Savigny les Beaune
and
Chateau de Savigny les Beaune, Savigny-les-Beaunes, France
PONT MICHEL, Reception - Cote d'Or - Bourgogne: aviation
Also, several previous mentions on this Forum. Just type Savigny in the search facility.
The correct name is Château de Savigny-lès- Beaune.
Laurence
www.paulnann.com Military Aviation Photo Gallery - Location: Savigny les Beaune
and
Chateau de Savigny les Beaune, Savigny-les-Beaunes, France
PONT MICHEL, Reception - Cote d'Or - Bourgogne: aviation
Also, several previous mentions on this Forum. Just type Savigny in the search facility.
The correct name is Château de Savigny-lès- Beaune.
Laurence
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Western Museum of Flight Ca USA
Happy New Year all,
Spent a wonderful few hours at Western Museum of Flight
at Torrance Airport California.
Apologies that I forgot my camera.
A small but very interesting museum with some rather unique exhibitis.
- JB-1 Northrop flying wing America's answer to the V-1 !
- YF-17
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Spent a wonderful few hours at Western Museum of Flight
at Torrance Airport California.
Apologies that I forgot my camera.
A small but very interesting museum with some rather unique exhibitis.
- JB-1 Northrop flying wing America's answer to the V-1 !
- YF-17
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Just click on the Link: Aviodrome Aviation Theme Park
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The Israeli Air Force Museum
At Hatzerim AFB, near Beersheva in the south of the country. A superb museum with approx 140 a/c on display. You need photo ID to gain entry however. It's on the edge of a desert, so nearly all aircraft are displayed outside, the sun is nearly always shining and the exhibits don't rot. Here's a simply beautiful Mustang they have on display. Well worth a visit.
JetPhotos.Net Photo » 2338 Israel - Air Force North American P-51D Mustang by Michael Blank
JetPhotos.Net Photo » 2338 Israel - Air Force North American P-51D Mustang by Michael Blank
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The IAF museum
And here's a C97 they've also got on display. When I visited the IAF museum in March 2008, I was delighted to see this a/c, as, in April 1974, when I was a keen as mustard 16 year old planespotter, this very machine did two practice overshoots at M/C airport and I saw it. Back then, it was like an apparition from beyond the clouds-an incredibly good "cop." So I was very happy to see it again after all those years.
JetPhotos.Net Photo » 4X-FPN (CN: 16767) Israel - Air Force Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter by Michael Blank
JetPhotos.Net Photo » 4X-FPN (CN: 16767) Israel - Air Force Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter by Michael Blank
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Hello everyone, I am going to be in Colombo next week. is there anyone out there that has been to the Air Force Museum there and can offer advice on viewing? Thanks in advance. M