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The Jet Age Museum – January 2017

22/01/2017 Leave a comment

A frosty Saturday morning

In January 2017

Frost and the First

22/01/2017 Leave a comment

The first Mini Beano of 2017 #mb01

It was rather frosty

The Jet Age Museum – January 2017

21/01/2017 Leave a comment

On a frosty Saturday morning, 21 January 2017.

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Mostly Gloster Aircraft   As it is just outside Gloucester
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Time Capsule   Shackleton, Vulcan and Airbus landing gear
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Frosty Meteors   Gloster Meteor T7 WF784
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And a night fighter variant   Just above freezing
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Vulcan B.2 XM569   In the Winter Sun
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Gloster Javelin FAW 9 XH903   Firestreak Infra Red Homing Missle
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Gloster Meteor F.8    
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Gloster Gamecock, The RAFs last wooden, biplane fighter   Reflections

 

The Jet Age Museum
The Jet Age Museum

Vulcan and Euros

26/06/2016 Leave a comment

Cold War Jets

Football and Politics

Jet Age Museum – June 2016

25/06/2016 Leave a comment

Saturday 25 June 2016

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This is new.   Trident 3B – G-AWZU.
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Meteor and

Harrier T2 XW264.

  Armstrong-Whitworth Meteor NF14 Serial WS807.
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AVRO VULCAN B2 XM569.   Gloster Javelin FAW9 Serial XH903.
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Firestreak inert round.    
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Gloster Meteor F8 Serial WH3644.

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Gloster Meteor T7 Serial WF784.   The museum.

 

Jet Age Museum - Gloucester UK
Jet Age Museum – Gloucester UK

Jet Age Museum – Video April 2016

16/04/2016 Leave a comment

Lots of weather

But always a warm welcome in the Jet Age Museum

Two Javelins and Ice

16/01/2016 Leave a comment

One in a field

The other being rubbed down

The Vulcan and The Queen’s Head

09/08/2015 Leave a comment

The Jet Age Museum

And a classic English Country Pub

Sunny Jet Age Museum

08/08/2015 Leave a comment

Saturday 08 August

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Bedwas was Summery.   Tesco Extra Brockworth – Breakfastville.
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And the till was down, no clubcard points.   Doing a @trafficsham
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The sunny and reflective museum.   Gloster Meteor T7 WF784.
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And tail first.   Gloster Meteor NF(T) WS
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XM569    
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Gloster Javelin FAW9 – XH903 and Firestreak    
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Map picture

Cold and Frosty War Jets – February 2015

08/02/2015 Leave a comment

Free, excellent and very friendly, helpful staff.

Javelin FAW.9 XH903

Gloster Meteor F8 Serial WH364

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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.