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Jet Age Museum April 2015 – The Video
12/04/2015
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The Rain
Into the Spring Sun
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#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
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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.
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| As usual, guided by Waze. And Bagpuss. | Soggy to start. | |
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| Meteors in the Spring Sun. | Under the plastic is the cockpit of Vulcan B.2 XM569. | |
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| Gloster Javelin FAW9 Serial XH903. | ||
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| Gloster Meteor F8 – WH364. | ||
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| More Javelin. | ||
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| And outside. |
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
#mb02, April 2015, Cold War Jets, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, vforce, Vulcan
March Museums 2015 – Day 04 City of Coventry
10/03/2015
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Peeking over the hedge
XL360 on a grey and overcast day
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#mm15, Coventry, Gannet, Javelin, March 2015, Midlands Air Museum, Phantom, Sea Harrier, vforce, Vulcan, XL360
March Museums 2015 – Day 04 Midland Air Museum
10/03/2015
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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.
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| As it says with XL360 in the distance. | And from the other direction. | |
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| Peeping over the hedge. | On a rather grey day. | |
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| As you come in through the gate. | ||
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| Blue Steel. | ||
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| Sea Harrier FA2 – ZE694. | Gloster Javelin FAW.5 –
XA699. |
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Sea Vixen FAW.2 – XN685. |
Gannet T.2 – XA508. |
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| RSAF
Lightning T.55 55-713 & RAF F.6 XR771. |
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MiG-21SPS "Fishbed" – 959. |
F-4C-11-MC Phantom II 63-7699. |
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F-101B-80-MC Voodoo 56-0312 |
Argosy 101 – G-APRL |
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F-100D-16-NA Super Sabre 54-1174. |
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#mm15, Coventry, Javelin, March 2015, Midlands Air Museum, Sea Harrier, vforce, Vulcan, XL360
March Museums 2015 – Day 03 Muffin
09/03/2015
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Muffin
And Tina
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#mm15, Bruntingthorpe, Buccaneer, March 2015, Muffin, Nimrod, Premier Inn, Super Guppy, VC10, Victor, XM715
March Museums 2015 – Day 03 Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets
08/03/2015
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And it drizzled
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| Buccaneers XX894 and XX889. | XX889. | |
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| XW544. | ||
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| Nimrod MR2 XV226. | VC10 XR808. | |
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| Victor k.2 Teasin Tina XM715. | Muffin and Tina. | |
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| Super Guppy F-BTGV. | Sea Vixen XJ494. |
Categories: Aerospace, Military
#mm15, Air Museum, Bruntingthorpe, Buccaneer, Cold War Jets, March 2015, Nimrod, Super Guppy, VC10, Victor
March Museums 2015 – Day 03 Victor XM715
08/03/2015
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Victor K.2 XM715
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| Tina & Muffin. | Muffin on guard. | |
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| The Meldrew side. | ||
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Categories: Aerospace, Military
#mm15, Bruntingthorpe, Cold War Jets, K.2, March 2015, V Bomber, Victor
March Museums 2015 – Day 02 The Friendly Museum
08/03/2015
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More Spring
And an aeroboot
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military, Travel
#mm15, Air Museum, Ale, Beer, Bier, Cold Warm Jets, Full English, Gannet, March 2015, Newark, Premier Inn, Sea Harrier, Super Sabre, Vulcan
March Museums 2015 – Day 02 Vulcan XM594
07/03/2015
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Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594
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| Details. | XM594 and inert Yellow Sun Hydrogen bomb. | |
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| Blue Steel and additional bomb bay fuel tank. | ||
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Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#mm15, Air Museum, March 2015, Newark, Vulcan, XM594
Cold and Frosty War Jets – February 2015
08/02/2015
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Free, excellent and very friendly, helpful staff.
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| Powered by Waze. | The screen defrosted. | |
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| Pit stop. Fuel and food. Tesco Extra Brockworth. | Full English with Club Card points. | |
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| And arrived. | Avro Vulcan B2 – XM569. | |
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| Gloster Meteor T7 – WF784. | Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14 – WS807. | |
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| Nose art shows two bird strikes. |
De Havilland Firestreak. |
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Javelin FAW.9 XH903. |
Gloster Meteor F8 Serial WH364. |
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| And so to inside. | With a gentleman who had flown in her. | |
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| Light refresh. Excellent Bar Manager | Little Whitcombe Premier Inn. Excellent staff. |
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military
#mb1502, Beefeater, February 2015, Full English, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Little Whitcombe, Meteor, Premier Inn, Tesco, Vulcan
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