On display at the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, England.
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On display at the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, England.
On display at the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, England.
On display at the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, England.
This Hercules (c/n 382-4226) was built as a C-130H Hercules C.Mk.1 in 1967 for the Royal Air Force and was converted to a C-130K Hercules C.Mk.3 with an extended fuselage by Marshalls of Cambridge in 1981.
After being retired from service with no.47 squadron at Brize Norton it wad flown from their to Cosford for preservation on 12 August 2011. It had flown 31,258 hours.
Amphibious long-range maritime patrol bomber - US Navy 1945-53 - Royal Danish Air Force 1957-70
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Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder two-row supercharged 29.978-litre radials, 1200-hp each
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Became Royal Air Force (RAF) Dakota IV by May 1945 under US Lend-Lease Act
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Visited West Berlin in 1949 just after end of Soviet blockade
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Last Dakota (C4) with normal operational status with RAF - made final sortie in 1970
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/douglas-dakota/
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Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C Twin Wasp 14-cylinder two-row supercharged 29.978-litre radials, 1200-hp each
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One-off airframe to test low-speed handling of English Electric P.1, prototype of Lightning supersonic fighter
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Markings: Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
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Rolls-Royce Derwent Mk. 8 turbojet, 3,500-lbf
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Museum site
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/
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Nikon D3200 + Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR SWM aspherical
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Markings: painted to represent original British European Airways (BEA) Sikorsky S-51 trials aircraft G-AJOV which on 1 June 1950 began the first ever sustained regular scheduled passenger helicopter service, between Liverpool (Speke) and Cardiff (Pengham Moor)
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Alvis Leonides 50 nine-cylinder supercharged 11.8-litre radial, 540-hp
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Museum site
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Airframe: RAF/BOAC Avro York C1, a four-engine post-war military/civilian transport, built 1945 - incorporates wings, tail, undercarriage and engines of Avro Lancaster WWII heavy bomber. During the Berlin Airlift, Yorks flew 58,124 of the 131,800 supply sorties conducted by the RAF. Operated by BOAC and then other airlines until 1964
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Museum site
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English Electric Lightning F1/P1B
Following the successful demonstration of supersonic flight by the two P1 research aircraft WG760 and WG763, English Electric was contracted to develop the P1B fighter aircraft. It was known as the Lightning and was capable of supersonic interceptions of enemy aircraft; it remained in front line service for nearly three decades.
The first P1B Lightning flew on 4 April 1957, the day the Government published a White Paper forecasting the end of manned aircraft and their replacement with missiles. As a result, several British military aircraft projects were cancelled, but the Lightning survived.
It was designed so that its armaments, radar and radio aids were integrated into the aircraft’s flight and engine systems. The equipment; long range radar to find enemy aircraft by day and night and in all weathers, radio and navigational aids for operations under the worst conditions, and a dual armament of guided missiles and 30mm Aden cannon, were all as important as the aircraft’s manoeuvrability and supersonic speed.
Three P1B prototypes were ordered, they were followed almost immediately with an order for 20 fully equipped pre-production aircraft of which XG337 was the last. Each was used to develop particular facets of supersonic fighter interception. Hence the clearance of the production version for use by the RAF was quickly achieved and aircraft were able to go into immediate front line service as defence against Soviet bombers and fighters threatening the NATO alliance.
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The Douglas C47, known as the Dakota in the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth services, became the world’s best known transport aircraft. The type saw widespread use by the Allies during the Second World War and by Air Forces and airlines post-war.
The C47 Skytrain and C53 Skytrooper were military versions of the DC3 airliner. The DC3 first flew in 1935 and was ordered by America’s airlines. With the outbreak of war these aircraft were diverted to the Allied Air Forces, followed by 10000 military variants constructed before production ceased in 1946. Japan and the Soviet Union also built over 2000 unlicensed copies.
The first of over 1900 Dakotas received by the RAF arrived in India in 1942. Dakotas served in every theatre of the war, notably in Burma, during the D-Day landings and the airborne assault on Arnhem in 1944.
Most RAF Dakotas had been retired or sold by 1950, the last active aircraft leaving the service in 1970. The Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough operated a former Royal Canadian Air Force example (ZA947) from 1971 until 1993, when it joined the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) took their first deliveries of Douglas Dakota C47s in 1943 and the last of approximately 60 aircraft in 1946. During WWII Dakotas were operated by both the RAF and BOAC.
After the war, BOAC sold the fleet, fourteen of which went to British European Airways when the airline was formed in 1946. One of the Dakotas acted as a testbed for the Rolls-Royce Dart engine before it powered the Vickers Viscount, the world’s first turbo-prop aircraft.
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Vickers Valiant B1 - The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force.
The arrival of the turbojet and the nuclear bomb, in 1945, profoundly influenced the Royal Air Force’s requirements for a heavy bomber replacement. Carrying a weapon with a greater destructive force than a Second World War 1000-bomber raid meant that only small numbers of aircraft were required to drop nuclear bombs. They were designed to fly at high speed and extreme altitude to penetrate the Russian air defences. The new V bombers dispensed with all means of defence, except electronic jamming, to protect the aircraft as it made its high speed, high altitude run into the target.
Thankfully the aircraft were never used for their primary role, but Valiants, armed with conventional bombs, attacked Egyptian airfields during the Suez crisis in 1956.
With the introduction of more advanced V-bombers the Valiant was converted to a tanker role for in-flight refuelling. In January 1965, all Valiants were prematurely scrapped after metal fatigue was found in the wings of a few aircraft.
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Hawker Hunter T7A - This was a dual-control training version of the classic single-seat Hunter, the first prototype Hunter trainer flying in July 1955, and featured side-by-side seating for the student pilot and instructor. Hawkers at Kingston produced 45 Hunter T Mk 7s for the RAF from 1957, and a further 28 were converted from Hunter F Mk 4s in 1958-59.
Armed with a single nose-mounted 30mm Aden cannon and with a maximum speed of 690mph, the Hunter T Mk 7 entered service, initially with No 229 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Chivenor, in August 1958, and served until the disbandment of No 208 Squadron on 31 March 1994; most Hunter squadrons had at least one example on strength for conversion and continuation training, in addition to its service with training and test flying units.
Latterly, six were modified to Hunter T Mk 7A standard to serve with No 237 OCU at RAF Lossiemouth as a dual control conversion trainer for Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer pilots, with Buccaneer instrumentation in the cockpit.
The Royal Navy equivalent was the arrestor-hook fitted Hunter T Mk 8 (first flown March 1958) and its T8B/T8C/T8M sub variants-41 airframes in total.
Vickers Valiant B1 - The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force.
The arrival of the turbojet and the nuclear bomb, in 1945, profoundly influenced the Royal Air Force’s requirements for a heavy bomber replacement. Carrying a weapon with a greater destructive force than a Second World War 1000-bomber raid meant that only small numbers of aircraft were required to drop nuclear bombs. They were designed to fly at high speed and extreme altitude to penetrate the Russian air defences. The new V bombers dispensed with all means of defence, except electronic jamming, to protect the aircraft as it made its high speed, high altitude run into the target.
Thankfully the aircraft were never used for their primary role, but Valiants, armed with conventional bombs, attacked Egyptian airfields during the Suez crisis in 1956.
With the introduction of more advanced V-bombers the Valiant was converted to a tanker role for in-flight refuelling. In January 1965, all Valiants were prematurely scrapped after metal fatigue was found in the wings of a few aircraft.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/vickers-valiant...
Vickers Valiant B1 - The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force.
The arrival of the turbojet and the nuclear bomb, in 1945, profoundly influenced the Royal Air Force’s requirements for a heavy bomber replacement. Carrying a weapon with a greater destructive force than a Second World War 1000-bomber raid meant that only small numbers of aircraft were required to drop nuclear bombs. They were designed to fly at high speed and extreme altitude to penetrate the Russian air defences. The new V bombers dispensed with all means of defence, except electronic jamming, to protect the aircraft as it made its high speed, high altitude run into the target.
Thankfully the aircraft were never used for their primary role, but Valiants, armed with conventional bombs, attacked Egyptian airfields during the Suez crisis in 1956.
With the introduction of more advanced V-bombers the Valiant was converted to a tanker role for in-flight refuelling. In January 1965, all Valiants were prematurely scrapped after metal fatigue was found in the wings of a few aircraft.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/vickers-valiant...
