Europe Trip #27: IWM Duxford - 8 - Another Hanger B

More iconic aircraft! Clearly, not all of these were operated by the RAF, but they are all in their own way special - from a prop anti-submarine Gannet to a MiG! A MiG in an English museum??? That's pretty cool!

Ok, it's pretty cool for a kiwi lad from the other side of the world!

Top to bottom are:

Gloster Javelin FAW9
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
Fairey Gannet AS6
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer

Europe Trip #23: IWM Duxford - 4 - American Hanger A

The American Hanger at the Imperial War Museum was pretty darn flash! At the entry is an McDonnell Douglas F15A Eagle. What is more impressive though is the sight of the absolutely massive Boeing B52D Stratofortress that dominates the skyline as you entry the hanger. WOW! I wasn't able to get even one photo that included the entire aircraft... much as I tried! :-)

In this first of 3 posts from the hanger, the following aircraft are featured:

McDonnell Douglas F15A Eagle
Boeing B52D Stratofortress
North American F100D Super Sabre
Boeing B29 Superfortress
Lockheed T33A
McDonnell Douglas F4J Phantom II

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