RAF Museum Cosford
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can't wait to go now lolTango13 said:
Cosford also have what is alleged to be a haunted Lincoln bomber.
Boo.
Few pics I took when I went up to see James May's Spitfire - http://www.mercia.biz/gallery/Cosford/index.html nothing special just uploaded all the snaps I took without any editing.
andy97 said:
A fantastic museum with many unique exhibits, although I do find the Cold War bit very disappointing - cramped & you'd think tnat the Cold War was 80% air force & 20% the res!
Funny that, for an RAF museum and all...Cosford is brilliant and it is free. A lot of historic /prototype aircraft there too.
The two RAF Museums (Cosford and Hendon) have allowed their "brief" to become a little muddled over the past 20 years or so.
Originally, the RAF Museum at Hendon was set up specificially to be a memorial to the history of the Royal Air Force (and its ancestor, the Royal Flying Corps).
The museum at Cosford was looked on as the RAF Museum reserve collection (although it had a sizeable collection of non-RAF aircraft).
In the 90s, due to the "commercilisation" of state owned museums, Hendon decided that it needed to broaden its remit and began to become more of a Museum of Flight, rather than just an RAF Museum. The Milestones of Flight Hall, which was opened in 2000, is an example of this move. The Cold War Museum at Cosford is another example.
Originally, the RAF Museum at Hendon was set up specificially to be a memorial to the history of the Royal Air Force (and its ancestor, the Royal Flying Corps).
The museum at Cosford was looked on as the RAF Museum reserve collection (although it had a sizeable collection of non-RAF aircraft).
In the 90s, due to the "commercilisation" of state owned museums, Hendon decided that it needed to broaden its remit and began to become more of a Museum of Flight, rather than just an RAF Museum. The Milestones of Flight Hall, which was opened in 2000, is an example of this move. The Cold War Museum at Cosford is another example.
Ayahuasca said:
andy97 said:
A fantastic museum with many unique exhibits, although I do find the Cold War bit very disappointing - cramped & you'd think tnat the Cold War was 80% air force & 20% the res!
Funny that, for an RAF museum and all...Cosford is brilliant and it is free. A lot of historic /prototype aircraft there too.
The musuem is great, we often went up there when I was stationed at Cosford doing some training in 2000-01 If you get the chance take a picture of the Viscount as our course spent 4 weeks sanding it down as our community project and I've not had a chance to see it after it was finished.
Ayahuasca said:
andy97 said:
A fantastic museum with many unique exhibits, although I do find the Cold War bit very disappointing - cramped & you'd think tnat the Cold War was 80% air force & 20% the res!
Funny that, for an RAF museum and all...Cosford is brilliant and it is free. A lot of historic /prototype aircraft there too.
dudleybloke said:
last time i went was about 20 years ago.
about time i made the effort to get there again.
Do, almost everything is under cover in hangers now, including one new massive Superhanger than the Vulcan, Victor, Valiant (from Hendon) and others are now in, see my photo gallery link above.about time i made the effort to get there again.
Only ones outside now are a Bristol Britannia, Hawker Hunter and Lockheed P-2 Neptune.
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