I’m gonna have to go with the good old venerable Wessex too…..lol
My first chopper flight was way back in the late seventies at Odiham whilst on an annual ATC Summer camp there… Had to get out of bed at an unearthly hour for the trip, which was not only my first rotary, but first night flight too 😮 Remember it well as we lifted off and headed for the Isle of Wight. Dropped down in a field somewhere (well it was dark…lol), and also had my one and only experience of what Night Vision Goggles could see – wow!
That experience stays in the old grey matter well, and every time I used to see another Wessex I loved em… I remember seeing my last airborne one a few years ago now – was somewhat surprised if I recall as I thought they had already retired..
Ahhhhh I can hear the rotors now….. 😉

Noticeable on the RAF Museum website’s “Collection Navigator” facility is the Airliner Collection still listed in detail…..
I assume their webmaster will notice soon enough……lol

And just to show it doesn’t happen by magic, here’s the A Team at work… 😀
Pic 1 shows Malcolm on the left, with that part-timer Kev doing the tall bits…lol

Pic 2 shows Gordon doing the short bits….lol

Somehow Malcolm always ends up with the most to do 😮 Thanks to Malcolm and Gordon (the “official A Team”) the Museum has a rapidly increasing repainted collection these days. Gonna have to stop them painting the main road outside though 😀

At the Midland Air Museum, Coventry – we have several examples. I’m aware that one is certainly servicable, and has been demonstrated in the past to eager spectators 😀 but of the others, I’m not sure. I know very little about them to be fair, but as I’m there this weekend I can find out more.. unless someone with more info can post here? The working example is what I would call a ‘proper’ pre-war example in my limited knowledge of em. 😮

Consul,

Do you know if acquisition is a loan, donation or purchase?

Roger Smith.

😮 But surely as a member of the Museum you know already Roger :confused:

hi all,
i am planning to go there tomorrow (sat) i want to do a walkround of the Boulton Paul P111, is there any chance of getting someone to open the canopy for me, i nearly went last wednesday but i did not think they would let me in with a 8 wheel tipper :diablo:

Simple answer is – I don’t know 😮 Best to ring the Museum during opening hours – ask for Barry James and he’ll be able to answer you’re query I’m sure.

By the way – 8 wheeled Tippers fit in the car park no problems – especially if they happen to be full of suitable ‘donated’ hardcore (we need some for pathways desperately – again, ask Barry James on that one :diablo: )

Museum phone number is: 02476 301033