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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. |
Dutch
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
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 |
Handley Page Victor K2 XL231 ‘Lusty Lindy’ Yorkshire Air Museum
Classic V bomber
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| Lindy. | History. | |
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| She was part of Black Buck. | At the sharp end. | |
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| Under the Yorkshire clouds. | Protected from the weather. | |
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| With her generator. | And intakes protected. | |
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| With Nimrod MR2 XV250 in front. | Head on. |
Sitting in the Yorkshire countryside
Where’s Lindy?
Went to see her
Forgot to video her
Yorkshire Air Museum–Getting There
From a soggy Wales
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| Heavy drizzle and Waze in night mode. | Full English in a dry England. Woodall services | |
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| Free WiFi and Starbucks. | Old style cross the motorway to get your food. | |
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| Early enough to still be quiet on the roads. | Full English for £1.99 with a 4sq special. Toast and coffee extra. | |
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| Arrival – early by 90 minutes. | Angry but not raining clouds. | |
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| Lindy’s fine lines. | Ready to go in. |
To a rather warm Elvington
IWM Duxford–Gate and Outside
Rather pricey, especially the coffee
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| Gate Guardians | A Comet | |
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| And a Glass Fibre Hurricane | Entrance – £17.50 | |
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| Avro Shackleton Mark 3 minus wing tips | With 20mm still in place | |
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| Handley Page Victor BK1A – XH648 | ||
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| She’s a tanker |
But very good
RAF Cosford Museum – March 2013
With all three V Bombers
And an exit survey
The R W Nash Blog 