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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
Missing Submarine
My fault
I was/needed Silly
Tangmere Aviation Museum The Return
It’s a sunny March
And a very friendly welcome
Royal Navy Submarine Museum
A sunny March
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| The outer entrance. | And the other side of the road. | |
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| Not sure who it belongs to but it’s quite modern. | HMS Resolution mast radar. | |
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| Inert Polaris, business end. | Inert Polaris, propulsion end. | |
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| German Biber mini submarine. | Tigerfish and Spearfish. | |
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| Inner entrance. | And the other side of the road. | |
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| LR3 recovery vehicle. | HMS E17. | |
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| HMS Repulse’s propeller. | HMS Alliance – looking forward. | |
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| HMS X24 |
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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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 |
Foggy and Sunny
If you like Tanks
This is where you need to go
Royal Tank Museum Part Two
Really good place to go
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| JagdTiger. | Churchill III AVRE. | |
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| Panzer IV. | Centurion Mark 3. | |
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Leopard 1. |
T-72M1. |
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| Chieftain Mark 11C. | Panther Aus G, operated by the British, yes really. | |
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Three you could do with a cell tower there
Royal Tank Museum Part One
Gift Aid
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| Gate Guardian – A Centurion. | T62, an inner Gate Guardian. | |
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| FV432. | Target practise. | |
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| Churchill II. | Sherman, exit Guardian. | |
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| Not sure but looks a bit top heavy. | Royal Tank Regiment Memorial Statue. | |
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| Not a tank. | Challenger I – entrance Guardian. | |
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| Khalid. | Warrior. | |
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| M60A1 (RISE). | Chieftain and friends. | |
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| SU-100. | BMP 1. | |
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| Another Challenger I. | Leopard I. | |
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| King Tiger. | SU-76M & KV1B. |
So I may well go back
The R W Nash Blog 