National Museum of Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 4

In the third aircraft hanger, there were a number of ex-military "jets" [well, also a Spitfire sitting in a corner] to look over. Being in the UK, you'd almost expect a Harrier jumpjet, and there was, but with plenty more besides :-)

Top to bottom are:

Hawker Siddeley Harrier DB3, ZV277, Royal Navy
Sepecat Jaguar, XZ119, Royal Air Force
Czechoslavakian Letov S-103 [aka MiG-15bis]
Messerschmitt Me163B-1a Komet, Luftwaffe
English Electric P.25 Lightning F.2A, Royal Air Force

Europe Trip #15: RAF Museum Hendon - 10 - Jets!

For some reason jets fascinate me. I like the piston powered aircraft of course, but I guess jet powered aircraft are generally fast, sleek and rather noisy :-)

The list of fixed-wing turbine aircraft was less numerous than the others [naturally], but still very impressive. This post is the first of four for the jets. In this first post we have:

BAC Lightning F6
Gloster Meteor F8
de Havilland DH 100 Vampire
English Electric Canberra PR3
BAC Jet Provost T.5A
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
Phantom cockpit