RAF Museum Hendon

[Gully]

Gill and I dropped into the RAF Museum at Hendon last week. Primarily to deliver a thank you gift to the security chap who went above and beyond to help us the night of the Vulcan Scramble, but it seemed churlish not to take a few photos...

Photobucket is being slow, so it may take a while to get them all here!

Milestones of Flight Hall

Overview


Typhoon


Sopwith Camel


Fokker D VII


Hawker Hart


Hawker Tempest



Black 6!




Kawasaki Ki-100


Mustang


Me262


Bomber Hall

Desert Storm Buccaneer



Wellington


Vulcan XL318



Tornado GR1


He162A


B17


Lancaster


Historic Hangers 1

Hawker Typhoon


Hudson



Beaufighter (nightmare to photograph!)


Belvedere


Avro Rota


Queens Flight Wessex


Battle of Britain Hall

He111


Hurricane P2617


Bf109


Ju88


Bf110


Ju87 Stuka


Sunderland


Stranraer


Lysander


Historic Hangers 2

Bristol Bulldog


Hawker Tempest II



Bristol F2b (cutaway)


P47 Thunderbolt


Kittyhawk


Hunter



Lightning



Hope you enjoyed them. There's loads more to see on top of the aircraft here!!

Cheers,

Gully

[Saracenman]

great pics, thanks Gully. my brother, definitely NOT an aviation fan, went to Hendon Museum a while back fr some other reason - even he said he was impressed by the collection!

can you confirm though - is Black Six - THE Black Six? i was only refreshing my memory on it the other day, but can't find anywhere that categorically states that, after the unfortunate flip at an airshow (forget which one) some years ago, Black Six was retired to Hendon

at least i was lucky enough to see her fly several times - great shame she's grounded

dog-fights with a Spit at Biggin were never the same after that fateful year

sm

[Gully]

great pics, thanks Gully. my brother, definitely NOT an aviation fan, went to Hendon Museum a while back fr some other reason - even he said he was impressed by the collection!

can you confirm though - is Black Six - THE Black Six? i was only refreshing my memory on it the other day, but can't find anywhere that categorically states that, after the unfortunate flip at an airshow (forget which one) some years ago, Black Six was retired to Hendon

at least i was lucky enough to see her fly several times - great shame she's grounded

dog-fights with a Spit at Biggin were never the same after that fateful year

sm

Thanks SM. Yes, it is THE Black 6: see here http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/aircraft_histories/X001-2501%20BF109G%20'Black%206'.pdf

Gully

[Saracenman]

aha! thanks Gully - I'd called that definitive!

I've not read it all the way through yet, but what surprised me was that her 1990s restoration and display life was always limited anyway - i thought that she was destined to 'just keep going' - not so it seems!

makes me realise that i was even MORE lucky to have seen her display!

sm

[Pujgnie]

Black 6 in action

[Saracenman]

blimey, that brings back memories! thanks Pudgeyknees

weren't airshows so much better when we still had Black 6, the Mozzie, Buccaneer etc etc?

sm

[Mayfly]

what is spitfire doing in that Hawker Hart .... is he moonlighting??

[Mackrick]

Thanks for sharing the photos

[Wedgy]

Gully, wis these pics you are spoiling us

[Mayfly]

I take these were all taken with your 'new' camera Gully?

[Gully]

I take these were all taken with your 'new' camera Gully?

They were! Just using the standard 18-55mm lens that came with it and the built-in flash. I also used it for the Duxford and Shuttleworth piccies.

Gully