[ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:”none”,”data-size”:”medium”,”data-attachmentid”:3860040}[/ATTACH] Sanders has made 10 new ones recently
Hi,
You have a PM.
Mike
Moggy,
I gave it a jolly good bash.
Went in with an open mind having originally made a donation to the BoB Hall all those years ago, then the museum was something all other museum aspired to as a bench mark as Britain’s number 1.
My personal feeling is that time has caught up with Hendon in that it is now so hemmed in with development that it slowly suffocating, never really an easy trip on the underground to get there for most visitors staying in London,some of the development of the museum was good over the years Graham-White building relocation was good but the Milestone one I felt wasn’t in harmony with the others.
Yes Hendon was getting a bit dusty but don’t we all have that problem with time..exhibits are in my eye sacred increase them not cart them off to storeage,rotate yes but never decrease what you show.
For me the Hallowed Turf of Hendon is no more.
£25 million revamp, on what ? .Twenty five museums given a million each would of done far better in providing value for money.
What a waste of space the BoB Hall is now, should of been filled with new gems like a Boston, Vincent, Buffalo.new exhibits keeps the interest not gimmicks .
If you wanted a new cafe build one hang something interesting…done.
For me the place should now be called Hendon tea rooms..sorry.
The last time I saw her, this one was taken just before flying up to Humberside and later to crash just short of Waddington’s runway on the way back home due to oil pressure problems.
Thanks Propstrike,
The wheels are the Sander’s conversion from an F102 I think ,not sure long time ago.
Ok,here are a few more.
Thanks Sefuryfan,and the rest of you for the comments.
Thought you might like a little bit of history behind the photos, had as mentioned had a bit of a sort out and I came across these 6×7 negatives which I hadn’t seen for 35 years odd.Had them specially digitised so as one could print them up something at the time I never did, so you guys are seeing them in the flesh for the first time like me.
Sorry I didn’t caption them but was not sure how.
All the hangar shots in its unpainted state was during weighing test at its base at Elstree during 1980 the last two were taken as it just arrived back from the paint shop.
Note the panel with partial markings on the fin this was taken off Haydon-Bailie’s crashed WH589.
The prop was borrowed off the two seater Spencer had at the time, this now of course is happily back with the Navy guys at Yeoviton.
I do have some more of the Fury if anyone’s interested.
Mike
Would anybody care to post a current picture of NZ2308…?
Timing and completeness of the mosquito delivered to Ardmore suggest it was NZ2308, lot of internal and external metal work was present then so are we for the sake of historical correctness going to call this TV959 because it was easier to complete it using metal work from this aircraft so now justifying it to be called TV959.
Interestingly no mention in that article of Glyn Powell’s T43 NZ2308, so will the real TV959 materialise in the now being built PZ474.
Both of the flying Mosquitos are an absolute credit to the man who had the guts to pull the impossible off, all due credit to you Glyn.
That’s true Bruce, because I took it out . last one we took out went into the Italian one now as you say in the states.the other one was pretty sure went into VAV it even still list such an engine 114a on its CAA registration file.
Does this aircraft still have the merlin 114 from Salisbury Hall’s B35, would be nice to have it back if it’s a write off.
Mike.