RAF museum, Cosford.

[Scupper]

Just got back from England, where I took these pics of some planes, at the RAF museum at Cosford, which is a bit NW of Birmingham. There are tons of amazing aircraft there, many of which you are so close to that you can't really photograph them, like a York, Belfast, Vulcan, Victor, Valiant, Argosy, Comet 1, Lincoln bomber.

I've always liked Britannias, since I used to see them at Bimingham Airport as a kid, and I dabble with a free one available for FSX. The Neptune is just very cool-looking to me, and the ME-410 Hornet is the only one remaining in the world. I didn't know that it had rearward-firing remotely-controlled heavy machine guns in barbettes on each side of the fuselage but it does. How cool is that (unless you're actually trying to shoot one down from behind)?

They also have the world's only surviving Mitsubishi KI-46 Dinah, which I stupidly didn't photograph. It was one of the finest recon aircraft of WW2.







Well worth a visit if you're in the area .

Dave.

[Ian Warren]

Dave, Britannia , that gos back to my childhood .. a model my father had , story told here before , i do like the the Neptune , ya see one fly and always impressed .. the ME410 series hmm got a bloody great book on the type here that covers the 110/210/410 by Heinz Mankau and Peter Petrick - A Schiffer Military history book , pleased you posted .

[Splitpin]

What a place Dave...makes wigram look a bit sad. Great post thanks very much.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ May 9 2011,12:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

..makes wigram look a bit sad.

Get me in Wigram .. oh boy look out .. You me Dave and the entire NZFF team could turn it into the ultimate aviation heritage park

[connor]

The reward facing machine gun on the Me-410 is for those silly people who park to close to the back of you in roadside carparks!

[Scupper]

Haven't done Wigram yet but will have to next time I'm down there.

QUOTE (connor @ May 9 2011,7:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The reward facing machine gun on the Me-410 is for those silly people who park to close to the back of you in roadside carparks!

Have to get a couple now then, - for the car, - just dummies of course. And some little ones for the bike.

Thanks for the replies guys.

[chopper_nut]

Its changed a bit since I was there. Very nice.