Been wanting to go here for a while, and today went up with my dad. Plenty of interesting aircraft on display, including quite a few not yet on display and under restoration, plus cockpits open to go in. Well worth a visit, it was the first time i’ve ever been in a chopper!
Auster IV frame and Lycoming engine
Austin motor company’s post-WW1 venture into private aircraft design, called the Austin Whippet. Only five were built, this is a nice replica
EE Lightning, one of two outside – the other side isn’t painted in camouflage yet, and it was for sale on ebay the other day but withdrawn after a couple of days
Nose wreckage from a Nimrod R1 that went down in the sea off RAF Lossiemouth, just thirty minutes into it’s first flight after a six month refit at RAF Kinloss. The owner of the nose decided to leave it in this condition because of it’s history, which I think is a great idea.
Sea King HAS.6 – I think this is the first Sea King preserved in the UK
Percival Sea Prince, quite an attractive looking aircraft
One of quite a few cartoons in a small exhibition about the Falklands war in the main hangar
Nice Wessex – didn’t realise how big they were until I got up close to this one, very impressive aircraft
I know it’s probably for kids – but I couldn’t resist! 😀
Immaculate Whirlwind HAR1 XA870 of the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group (http://www.yhpg.org.uk) – she was based on HMS Protector and one of her passengers was Sir Edmund Hillary
Close up of the nose art on XA870
Whirlwind HAR9 – I think this is only the second Whirlwind HAR9 preserved, the other one at Sunderland
Whirlwind HAR10 XJ398 in RAF SAR colours – I think this was the first Whirlwind with the longer pointier (and more attractive) nose
By: wessex boy - 13th November 2006 at 15:48
Great Photos Rob, Must either go up there or over to MAM next time I am left Unsupervised with one of my children…
Glad you have got up close and personal with the Mighty Wessex, just a lovely lump of reliable, functional engineering. I only have 120 hours on them (2 in the front, the rest hanging out of the door) but they turned me from Boy to Man… 😀
By: cessna152towser - 13th November 2006 at 15:14
Super photos, thanks for posting them.
By: Rlangham - 13th November 2006 at 15:00
Sounds good to me Martin! Haven’t been for about a year or so but each time I go always find something I haven’t seen before, plus the collection of aircraft is great. May be coming up in a few weeks time, but not certain about that at the minute.
By: Phantom Phixer - 13th November 2006 at 14:44
Be good to see the pics youve taken and also saves us on advertising fees. Your pics will show people just how great out museum is and they will come and see for themselves. Saves us on advertising and means more money to continue looking after the aircraft to the standard we do now.
Seriously though would be good to see the pics youve taken of our aircraft. Next time you pop up you should introduce yourself. Always good to meet fellow forumites.
Regards MArtin
By: kev35 - 13th November 2006 at 12:24
Nice pics rob.
Think you need to come over to Midland Air Museum and we can let you play in some of our things. That is as long as you promise to put the pics o the forum and tell everybody how great we are.
I can do that. Was there a couple of weeks ago.
Regards,
kev35
By: Phantom Phixer - 12th November 2006 at 21:53
Nice pics rob.
I think the Nimrod was at Long Marston for a while. Remember seeing it there a few years ago. Something a little differant isnt it.
Think you need to come over to Midland Air Museum and we can let you play in some of our things. That is as long as you promise to put the pics o the forum and tell everybody how great we are.
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