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Cold War Museum The Video
06/04/2014
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And this time
I remembered to actually take video
Cosford Cold War Museum–In and Out
05/04/2014
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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
Jet Age Museum
09/02/2014
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A haircut, a sandwich
And a Vulcan
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military, Travel
#mb14, Aircraft, February 2014, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, RAF, Vulcan
IWM Duxford–American Air Museum
16/03/2013
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“Located at Duxford, England, the American Air Museum in Britain stands as a memorial to almost 30,000 U.S. Airmen who gave their lives flying from British shores in World War II in the defence of democracy and freedom”.
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| Designed by Norman Forster | The entrance to the rear | |
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| F-4J Phantom II | F-100 and tail of F-4J Phantom II | |
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| SR-71 | B-17G minus chin mount fairing | |
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| C-47 | P-51D | |
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| B-24M | Section of “Super Gun” – made in Britain | |
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| F-111E | Scud-B | |
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| SA-2 Guideline | U2 | |
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| B-52D Tail Mount | And looking into the cockpit | |
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| Avenger | Rear of A-10 Thunderbolt 2 |
IWM Duxford–Around The Runway
16/03/2013
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All along the runway
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| The layout | Junkers Ju 52 | |
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| A rather green BAC One-Eleven | Bloodhound Mk II | |
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| VC-10 rear | VC-10 side | |
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| McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle | Würzburg radar | |
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| Gibraltar 9.2 inch Coastal Defence Gun Mk X | British commercial flight line |
In a chill March wind
Categories: Aerospace, Military, Travel
#V13, Bloodhound, Duxford, IWM, March 2013, RAF
RAF Cosford Museum – March 2013
10/03/2013
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With all three V Bombers
And an exit survey
Tangmere Aircraft Museum
08/03/2012
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On a sunny spring day
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| Tangmere Aircraft Museum, just past Chichester | With a Sea Harrier on Gate Guard | |
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| Prototype Spitfire | And a Danish VB | |
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| High speed Hawker Hunter | I think it’s a Swift but my memory is failing | |
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| Another Hunter | English Electric Lightning | |
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| Same Lightning | UK FGR II with tail hook | |
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| Sea Vixen | Tangmere Memorial | |
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| Pill Box and Bomb Shelter | And back to the gate guard. |
Well worth a look
Luftwaffe Museum
28/06/2011
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It was so hot
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| Friedrichstrasse station | Spandau and the end of the line | |
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| Getting closer | Unusual gate guard | |
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| Hawk – Homing All the Way Killer | SA 2 Guideline | |
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| DDR Mig 23 | Well it was an RAF base | |
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| Looks better from higher up | And another Brit | |
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| The refreshment stall was closed | Last flown here in 1993 | |
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| Mainly missiles | Not quite the gate guard | |
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| The FAF base crest | The radomes |
It took my breath away
Categories: Travel
Berlin, Gatow, Luftwaffe Museum, RAF
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