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The Helicopter Museum 2015

14/06/2015 rwnash Leave a comment

It rained

But it was June

Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military Tags: #mb04, asda, Costa Coffee, Helicopter, Helicopter Museum, Huey, June 2014, Lynx, Wessex, Weston Super Mare

Helicopter Museum Weston Super Mare June 2015

13/06/2015 rwnash Leave a comment

On a rather soggy Saturday morning in June 2015. I crossed the bridge, breakfasted in Asda and visited the Weston Super Mare Helicopter Museum.


The start was wet.		Weston was wet too.

Cashback yes, fried eggs no.		4G outside, 3G inside. 800MHz needed.

It’s a frog. Tasted of chocolate.		Helicopter Museum. Sky edited for extra blueness.

Looking in from outside.		Bristol Belvedere HC Mk.1, XG452.

Westland WG-13.		Lync-3 and TOW launchers.

Mil Mi-8PS,10618.		Mil Mi-4 "Hound", 9147, C/N. 09147.

Mil Mi-24D "Hind", 96+26/421, C/N. 230270110073.



Westland Wasp HAS Mk.1, XT443, C/n. F.9613.		If you find this torpedo?

Westland Wessex 60, G-AVNE, C/n. WA561.		Close up of nose art.

Bell UH-1H Iroquois, 66-16579, C/N. 8771. and Hughes OH-6A Cayuse, 67-16506.		MBB Bo105M, 81+00.

Categories: Aerospace, History, Military Tags: #mb04, Helicopter Museum, Hind, Huey, June 2015, Lynx, Weston Super Mare

Jet Age Museum – Reflections

03/05/2015 rwnash Leave a comment

Fresh Painted

And reflecting

Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military Tags: #mb03, Ale, Beer, Bier, Costa Coffee, Gloucester, Ibis, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, May 2015, Tesco, vforce, Vulcan

Jet Age Museum – May 2015

02/05/2015 rwnash Leave a comment

To see Vulcan B.2 XM569, all painted and looking resplendent.


Waze and the drizzle.		Checking my mirror before pulling away.

Tesco Full English for energy.		And Costa for coffee.

Excellent paint job.		The reflection isn’t bad either.

Firestreak.

Gloster Javelin FAW9 XH903

Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel Tags: #mb03, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, May 2015, Vulcan

Jet Age Museum April 2015 – The Video

12/04/2015 rwnash Leave a comment

The Rain

Into the Spring Sun

Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel Tags: #mb02, Ale, April 2015, Beer, Bier, Brewdog, Cold War Jets, Costa Coffee, Full English, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Premier Inn, Tesco, Vulcan

Jet Age Museum – April 11 2015

11/04/2015 rwnash Leave a comment

Always worth a visit to this friendly and informative museum. The Vulcan is still being painted (should be ready by April 25 2015) and the second Javelin, well, that’s a lot of work.


As usual, guided by Waze. And Bagpuss.		Soggy to start.

Meteors in the Spring Sun.		Under the plastic is the cockpit of Vulcan B.2 XM569.

Gloster Javelin FAW9 Serial XH903.








Gloster Meteor F8 – WH364.


More Javelin.

And outside.

Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel Tags: #mb02, April 2015, Cold War Jets, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, vforce, Vulcan

March Museums 2015 – Day 04 City of Coventry

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Peeking over the hedge

XL360 on a grey and overcast day

Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel Tags: #mm15, Coventry, Gannet, Javelin, March 2015, Midlands Air Museum, Phantom, Sea Harrier, vforce, Vulcan, XL360

March Museums 2015 – Day 04 Midland Air Museum

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It started frosty and clear in Hinckley and turned into grey and overcast in Coventry, the home of the Midland Air Museum.


As it says with XL360 in the distance.		And from the other direction.

Peeping over the hedge.		On a rather grey day.

As you come in through the gate.

		Blue Steel.

Sea Harrier FA2 – ZE694.		Gloster Javelin FAW.5 – XA699.

Sea Vixen FAW.2 – XN685.		Gannet T.2 – XA508.

RSAF Lightning T.55 55-713 & RAF F.6 XR771.

MiG-21SPS "Fishbed" – 959.		F-4C-11-MC Phantom II 63-7699.

F-101B-80-MC Voodoo 56-0312		Argosy 101 – G-APRL

F-100D-16-NA Super Sabre 54-1174.