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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 Newark Air Museum
07/03/2015
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Premier Inn Full English and Newark Air Museum. Semi Summer in Spring too.
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| Premier Inn – Hucknall. | Filling my boots with the all you can eat Full English. | |
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| Newark Air Museum. | The Anderson Shelter. | |
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| Vulcan B.2 XM594 and Yellow Sun. | Gloster Meteor T.7 VZ634. | |
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| Jaguar T.2A – XX829. | F100 Super Sabre and Mystere IV. | |
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| Mig 27 Flogger – 61912507006 “71”. | ||
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| Sea Harrier FRS.1 / FA.2 –
ZA176. |
Gloster Javelin FAW.8 –
XH992. |
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| Fairey Gannet AEW.3 – XP226. | de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 –WW217. |
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Travel
#mm15, Air Museum, Canberra, Cold War Jets, Gannet, Javelin, March 2015, Newark, Premier Inn, Sea Harrier, 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
Foggy Cold War Jets
08/02/2015
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Friendly and helpful staff
An excellent museum
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military
#mb1502, Ale, Beefeater, Beer, Bier, February 2015, Full English, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Little Whitcombe, Meteor, Premier Inn, Tesco, Vulcan
Four Years Later
14/11/2014
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A welcome revisit
And a till curry failure (nearly)
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military, Spoons Tour, Travel
#BRX14, Ale, Beer, Bier, Camden, Cold War, Curry, Dovetail, Gueuze, Hendon, London, November 2014, RAF Museum, Victor, Vulcan, Wetherspoons
Jet Age Museum 03 – The Video
28/09/2014
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Indian Summer
With a warm and friendly welcome
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military, Travel
#mb06, Ale, Basrnwood, Beer, Bier, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Meteor, Premier Inn, September 2014, Vulcan, Wheatstone
Jet Age 03 – September 2014
27/09/2014
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The return of the return. New planes, fine weather and the same friendly, helpful staff.
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Bedwas – The paper run. |
Asda in Gloucester. |
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Asda – the Big Full English. |
XM569 |
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Vulcan B.2 XM569 |
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Original and reflection. |
Just the reflection. |
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Javelin FAW.9 – XH903 |
With its’ Firestreak and engine. |
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Close up of the inert Firestreak. |
The tail. |
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Museum entrance. |
The outside wall. |
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My bed for the night. |
The attached watering hole. |
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, Military, Travel, Uncategorized
#mb06, Cold War Jets, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, September 2014, Vulcan
Ten Minutes This Time
10/07/2014
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Slightly later
As the toilets were being refurbished
Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
#jm14, Ale, Beefeater, Beer, Bier, Blue Steel, Brewdog, Canberra, Coventry, Gannet, July, Midlands Air Museum, Phantom, Premier Inn, Ross on Wye, Sea Harrier, Voodoo, Vulcan, XL360
Midlands Air Museum–July 2014
09/07/2014
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In the sun and ten minutes early.
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| Thunderbird and Vulcan. | Shackleton radar at entrance. | |
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| Appropriate. | Everybody needs an ice cream. | |
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| Canberra T-17 WH646. | Vulcan B.2 XL360 and Blue Steel. | |
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| Javelin F.A.W.5 XA699. | Sea Hawk WV797. | |
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| Gannet T-2 XA508. | MIG-21 SPS 959 (6503) East German. | |
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| Sea Harrier FA2 ZE694. | Lightning F-6 XR771. | |
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| F100D Super Sabre 54-2174. | F-101B Voodoo 56-0312. | |
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| F-4c Phantom II 63-7699. | Vickers Viscount F-BGNR. | |
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| East German MIG’s fin. | Sea Vixen F.A.W.2 XN685. | |
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| Saudi Lightning T-55 55-713. | Canberra P.R.3 WF992. |
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