I’ve got:

RAF Museum
Science Museum
Shuttleworth
ex Patrick Lindsay airframe.

Any others? Anyone?

Bruce

South Africa: South African Museum of Military History
Australia: Australian War Memorial
USA: USAF Museum – sorry, I mean NMUSAF

Tony Andrews

Fighter Pilot?

Broadcast about 1981 – I can’t remember the channel.

Included a student who looked exactly like a fighter pilot – handlebar moustache and driving a sports car.

Tony Andrews

Vigna Di Valle

It’s not too bad by public transport from Rome.

I went by train from Rome Ostiense to Vigna di Valle then it’s about a 30+ minute walk (or 45 minutes uphill on the way back). The stopping trains are hourly from Rome (5 euros return).

I don’t think I picked quite the best walking route which was back parallel to the railway along the main road towards Rome for about a kilometer then left across a railway crossing and then pretty much straight along the same road – after a while it drops down a hill towards the lake, then there’s a sharply angled junction at which you fork left (signposted to the museum) then it’s a few hundred metres further. I think there’s another road from the station which doesn’t involve walking in amongst the traffic!

I gather the nearest public transport is a bus stop about 1km from the museum – near the military entrance to the base for the bus running between Bracciano and Anguillara which are both on the same railway line from Rome as Vigna di Valle

Tony Andrews

Actually August 1995 Aeroplane Monthly (though July’s issue had a nice picture of an A20 being lifted

Tony Andrews

Am planning a two day trip in mid August to France
Sat – fly to Orly, by train to La Ferte-Alais, by train to le Bourget for hotel.
Sun – Musee de L’Air and possibly train to Musee des Art et Metier, train back to Orly for evening flight home.

One specific question at moment (although other hints/tips welcome) if anyone can answer:
In Bob Ogden’s book the Musee de L’Air is down as closing on Sat/Sun from 12.00 to 14.00 (long lunch hour!) – is this still the case? If so may try a dash to Art et metier and back in those two hours.

Roger Smith.

Non – it’s open all day – I was there last Sunday.

Opening times

Tony Andrews

Spanish Brisfit

Hi all.

The Spanish machine would be this one. I have a vague recollection it is a reproduction with some original parts; certainly seems to have an engine, but the radiator louvres look fixed to me. The Museo del Aire guide has a photo, but my Spanish isn’t good enough to disentangle if it’s original or not.

FiltonF – e-mail me if you’d like copies for the website.

Cheers

FWIW the caption by the aircraft says (in English) “The replica on display was built by Barcelona-based SUMAER in 1994” There’s no suggestion of original parts in either the Spanish or English text.

Tony Andrews

Here’s a few from Woburn over the last few years

Tony Andrews

Second edition, 1963 has:

SOUTHEND AIRPORT: The Scion Junior G-AEZF is still here.
SOUTHEND: Storey’s Garage, Alexander Street. Pou du Ciel G-ADXS ‘Flying Flea’ is preserved here.

Tony Andrews