Ok, Being pedantic the MAM does actually have a 1939-45 airframe – the incomplete Flettner Fl.282 Kolibri helicopter. Additionally the Slingsby Cadet glider dates from (I think) 1943 and one could, at a push, include the Gloster Meteor F.4??

Roger Smith.

London Museums

Both TonyT and Moggy listed the IWM and RAFM in London – don’t forget the Science Museum there too. Also, though not reachable by tube, the DH Aircraft Museum at London Colney.

Re the excellent suggestion of “Wrecks and Relics” the UK aircraft mags do a comprehensive list of museums once a year (fairly recently) that has admission offers as well.

Roger Smith

Has this ‘thread’ appeared because we’ve got too many stickys again – the effort made last year to reduce them seems to have died a death.

Roger Smith. (in a moaning mood)

I’m afraid I don’t remember the details but recall John Farley being very scathing of the PCB idea. I think he thought having the equivalent of an afterburner running that close to the pilot was a tad to risky.

Roger Smith.

I just have this nagging feeling about the capacity of UK museums to preserve large aircraft.

I’d not deny for a moment that the Nimrod should be represented but I hope that we don’t end up with, say, six Nimrods and no example of an early Hercules, early Chinook, RAF Tristar or RAF VC.10 – although there are several civil VC.10s in preservation.

Roger Smith.

Thanks Al – I’ll add “French Aircraft of the First World War” to my ‘wish-list’ although at $125 it’s likely to be there for a long time 😮

Roger Smith.

Are you after facts and figures or something more readable?

In the former category I think the seminal book covering British types is Jack Bruce’s ‘bible’ first published in 1957 (Putnam) “British Aeroplanes 1914 – 1918”. It had been top of my ‘wants’ list for a long time until about 6 years ago. I think copies are fairly pricey.

Also in the Putnam catalogue there is a similar (but physically smaller) book on German types (haven’t got it to hand to say who the author was – Weiz??).

I have lamented before of the lack of written material (in English) about French aircraft.

Roger Smith.