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Helicopter Museum – The Video
From Weston-Super-Mare
With some ales from Portishead
Weston Helicopter Museum
Only 50 miles away and well worth a visit
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But another country
Cold War Museum The Video
And this time
I remembered to actually take video
Cosford Cold War Museum–In and Out
Poor Service Areas
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| Strensham – mostly a waste of time. | Frankley – slightly better. | |
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| Grey with a touch of drizzle. | The Gate. | |
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| The Gate Guardian. | Bristol Britannia 310. | |
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Lockheed Hercules C130K Mk3 – XV202. |
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Lockheed SP-2H Neptune. |
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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.Mk.1 – XV249. |
British Aircraft Corporation TSR 2 – XR220. |
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BAe Harrier GR9A – ZG477. |
FMA 1A58 Pucara – ZD485. |
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Vickers Valiant B1 – XD818. |
Handley Page Victor K2 – XH672. |
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| Avro -
Vulcan B2 – XM598. |
Skybolt and Blue Steel. | |
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| Polaris A3 – fully loaded (inert). | Polaris A3 – the full round. |
Excellent Museum
Tangmere Aviation Museum The Return
It’s a sunny March
And a very friendly welcome
Tangmere Aviation Museum–The Return
Excellent Museum & very friendly staff
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| The Gate and a Meteor F.8. | Meteor F.8 and Vampire T11. | |
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| Sea Harrier FRS.2. | And from the sunny side. | |
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| Harrier GR.3. | Both Harriers together. | |
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| Sea Vixen FAW.2. | Phantom FGR.2. | |
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| And it’s Sidewinders. | Tail on. | |
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| Westland Wessex HU.5. | Pillbox. | |
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| Airfield bomb shelter. | Memorial. | |
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| Hunter Mk.3. | Supermarine Swift FR.5. | |
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| Lightning F.53. | Hunter F.5. | |
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| Canberra B.2 Cockpit. | And yet more Harriers. |
Bournemouth Aviation Museum
A little gem of an aviation museum
And the sun shone
Bournemouth Aviation Museum
A little gem just by the airport.
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Avro Vulcan B.2MRR – XH537. |
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| Unfortunately only the nose and cockpit. | ||
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Handley Page Victor K.2 XL164 – Saucy Sal. |
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Westland Wessex – XT257 |
North American Texan / Harvard – KF488 |
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SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 – XX763 |
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Hawker Hunter – XG160 |
Westland Wasp HAS.1 XT431 |
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English Electric Lightning F.53 – ZF582 |
Boeing 737-200 Adv G-CEAH |
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Meteor NF14 WS776 |
Jet Age Museum
A haircut, a sandwich
And a Vulcan
Jet Age Museum–Gloucester
The first beano of 2014
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| Can’t do this without a haircut. | Emergency meal deal. | |
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| Navigation by Waze. | I’m here without data, Plan B MiFi working. | |
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| It’s a hanger. | A rather sad Harrier Trainer. | |
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| It has been raining. | XM569. | |
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| It’s cockpit only. | ||
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| Refuelling boom. | ||
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| Gloster E28- W4041/G – replica | Gloster Meteor F8 – WH364 | |
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| Gloster Javelin – XH903 | Inert Firestreak | |
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| Gloster Gamecock – J7904 | ||
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And a mini one at that
Jet Age Museum
The R W Nash Blog 