Visited Hendon yesterday.
The museum gets better and better. It’s a long way from perfect, but as an historical aircraft collection it takes some beating.
Even plastic Spits have their moments (Though I do wish they’d repaint the two guardians, they are looking a tad shabby now.)
Moggy
By: archieraf - 8th February 2004 at 15:42
Hi Moggy,
It was me that asked if you could check whether a list of the RAF ops against Tirpitz has been modified. I think it was 1999 when I was there and at that time it was on a big white board standing right next to the Halifax exhibit. I dare say that it is no longer there if you couldn’t see it which is not a bad thing since it wasn’t accurate. Thanks very much for taking the time to have a look while you were there.
Great pictures of the interier too, well done, glad you had a good day.
Cheers
Linzee
By: kev35 - 8th February 2004 at 10:25
Moggy
Glad you had a good time. Fantastic shot of the ‘plastic’ Spitfire.
Regards,
kev35
By: Moggy C - 8th February 2004 at 10:07
Finally a food recommend.
Couldn’t possibly eat in the cafe in the main hall. Positioned as it is right amongst a pile of nasty looking egg-beaters that have no place in a museum of flight I cannot see how food could possibly be consumed and kept down.
Moving swiftly to the caff attached to the BoB Hall the offerings looked so depressing that even the thought of a pint of Stella to wash it down wasn’t enough to make us chance it.
Note for Hendon: The fliers of most the aircraft in the museum were accustomed to drinking English Bitter. About time there was some Adnams Broadside and Shepherd Neame Spitfire on draught surely? In this way the many foreign vistors could sample a British tradition instead of bland Euro-Fizz.
Finally we piled into the truck, left out the gate, down to the Edgeware Road, turn right and proceed north for a few hundred yards to Watling Lane. Turn right into Watling Lane and after about 200 yards you are able to turn left into a market car park, free at weekends.
Back up to Watling Lane and on the left hand side a bit further back you find Brunos.
Good, hot well cooked foods. We all went for massive breakfasts at 2pm and bread pudding with custard, cuppa tea. Cheerful friendly service, not too smoky. The whole lot about six quid a head which we didn’t think was too bad for London.
The only real downer was the tea. Delivered as a cup of hot watery milk with a bag on a string. A caff like this should really have a big teapot running.
And no beer of course 🙁
I’d still recommend.
Left to right: Blue Robin, Den, Lofty.
By: Moggy C - 8th February 2004 at 09:55
And here from inside the rear turret looking forward up the fuselage.
By: Moggy C - 8th February 2004 at 09:54
Here looking at the base of the seat and along the fuselage to the mid-section.
(Sorry about the odd angle of the shot)
By: Moggy C - 8th February 2004 at 09:51
Here the seat itself
By: Moggy C - 8th February 2004 at 09:49
Now a confession about Halifaxes.
Somebody asked me to check a whether a list of Halifax operations had been modified to include some that had previously been omitted.
I’m sorry, I looked all around the Halifax area and couldn’t find any such list, let alone a revised one.
Was I looking in the correct place? I’m sorry I failed nevertheless.
Next I was asked for pictures inside the Halifax cockpit. Easier than I thought.
This one shows the throttle quadrant and the instrument panel.
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