Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I got old on Friday just gone, catching up to Jack, and turning 40. Rather than an expensive party and a hangover, I decided on a trip with a few mates to two great aircraft museums, IWM Duxford in Cambridge, and the RAF Museum at Hendon. I was rather disappointed at Duxford as the 1/2 inch of snow resulted in them closing all the hangars, except 'Airspace', on Health and Safety grounds. Even though the normal entry fee is £16 ( £30+ on event days ), they couldn't afford a bag of road grit to spread out on the pathways. I'm a regular visitor to Duxford, but hadn't been to Hendon for seven years, and there had been several changes. On my last visit, the Milestones building was still being built and the Graham White hangar hadn't been moved to its new location. This was a completely different experience with all the hangars open, friendly staff, cleared snow and gritted pathways; and Hendon was a Free Museum. :thanx: I'm still busy sizing and uploading some of the 1000+ photos taken over the weekend, but here's a few to keep you going for now. Royal Aircraft Factory BE2 Fokker DVII Hawker Hart II Focke-wulf Fw190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Fantastic thanks for sharing TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 I've got all the pics I wanted uploaded now, so time to start posting. We'll start off in the Grahame-White Hangar with WW1, although a few of the WW1 aircraft are displayed in other halls such as the Bomber Hall and Milestones of Flight building. It was hard to shoot the aircraft by the doors due to the glare coming in the windows. I was using high F numbers and long exposures to get the depth of field in the dull hangar, so I ended up trying to compose the pictures looking away from the doors rather than have strong back lighting. Avro 504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Royal Aircraft Factory BE2b. This is in the Bomber Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sopwith Camel, in the Milestones of Flight Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 de Havilland DH9a, the first is in the Historic Hangars at Hendon, the second in the Airspace hangar at Duxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Fokker DVII in the Milestones of Flight Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Nice one Steve and I am going to try and get back there next year as I didn't get to see it all when I last went. B52 WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Caudron G3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hanriot HD1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Bristol M1C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sopwith Pup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Royal Aircraft Factory Re8, in the Airspace Hangar at Duxford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sopwith Tabloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sopwith Triplane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Vickers Vimy That's it for now. We'll move on to between the wars tomorrow. Edited December 23, 2009 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 wow, nice!!! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Between the wars now. Bristol Bulldog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Gloster Gladiator. First flown in late 1934, the Glad entered service in 1937, finally retiring from service in Portugal in 1953. This example is in the Battle of Britain Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 The remains of Gloster Gladiator N5628, in the Historic Hangars at Hendon. Damaged by German air attack while based on the frozen lake Lesjaskogsvatnet on 28 April 1940 and abandoned the same day. It eventually sank in May and was recovered in 1968 by a diving team from RAF Cranwell. ( from Wiki ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 There are two Hawker Harts at Hendon, this being the trainer version. Used as an advanced trainer for the RAF, the Hart Trainer was developed from the bomber variant to allow familiarisation of pilots with the characteristics of the new aircraft types then entering service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 This is the other Hart. Fitted with 525hp Kestrel IB, it was the 13th Hart off the production line. It was built as a civilian demonstration aircraft for Hawkers at Kingston, Surrey. One of 4 Harts built as demonstration aircraft in 1930. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Miles Magister, this time from Duxford. Developed from the Miles Hawk and Hawk Major, the 'Maggie' was the RAF's basic trainer in the late 1930's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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