Flipper?

Hi Vic.

Cosford is well worth the visit, or indeed many visits. I’ve been 6 times so far this year, but I live just 20 minutes away. As Andy said it houses the British Airways Museum collection which includes a BAC 1-11 500 series, a Boeing 707, a Bristol Britannia, a Trident, a Viscount, a VC10 and a Comet. There is a small display of uniforms and models.

The rest of the museum is an eclectic mix of aeroplanes and memorabilia which is totally engrossing. For me some of the highlights are the TSR2, the ‘prone’ Meteor, the Catalina, Hastings, York, Dakota, Me 410, Ju52, Shorts Belfast, the B-24. The experimental aircraft section is amazing with all kinds of record breaking aircraft. There are also a Vulcan, Victor, Varsity, Argosy, Mosquito, Andover and Neptune. There is a collection of missiles ranging from the V2 of WW2 to the Blue Steel Stand-off missile and some of the more modern tv guided weaponry.

To do the place justice you will need to spend the biggest part of the day there. There are more airframes than those I have listed.

I posted a thread with pictures on AW but can’t remember what it was called. I also posted one on flypast which should come to light if you search for ‘Unusual angle.’

Hope this helps,

kev35

Oh dear.

Internet connection. I have a dial-up contract with Blueyonder which costs around 14 or 15 pounds per month and, touch wood, have no problems. Only ever been disconnected when the whole system went down, no issues over how long I’m connected, and it seems to download imafes etc. just as quick as my mate who’s on Blueyonder Broadband. Seems like I’m quite lucky.

Sleeping policemen. Well, where I live they are for more effective than the human variety. Traffic calming measures can be a good thing it’s just that they are rarely sited where they are needed and placed instead in the most inappropriate spots possible.

Morrison’s. a good supermarket which is so popular it seems the shelves are restocked constantly. Great, except why do they have to park pallets and trolleys in the worst possible places for those of who use wheelchairs? I think it might be a game, perhaps the staff get extra brownie points for blocking aisles. Still, things could be worse, it could be ASDA…….

Regards,

kev35

Moggy.

51 Squadron converted to York C.1’s in February 1946 and flew during the Berlin airlift. Throughout this period they were based at Waterbeach, Abingdon and finally Bassingbourn from where the Squadron disbanded on the 30th of October 1950.

I have one representative serial, MW250, and no reference to Squadron markings or aircraft codes.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

kev35