Raf Cosford Friday 10th November

[Richard48]

Before picking up our wristbands for the Telford weekend John and i from Clacton Ipms spent a few hours having a good look around Raf Cosford museum.Great exhibits and even a German Leopard 1a5 to delight me of course.
Rich

[Richard48]

Batch 2

[JR]

Thanks for posting Rich .:thumb2:

[Richard48]

Thanks for posting Rich .:thumb2:

Pleasure John.

[Steve Brodie]

my 'local' pop in every now and then for a looksie, the F-111 Cockpit section came with a live rattle snake inside all the way from Arizona!

[boatman]

HI Rich what is that plane with the 4 engines an blue prop spinners is it a lincoln ?
chrisb

[Richard48]

my 'local' pop in every now and then for a looksie, the F-111 Cockpit section came with a live rattle snake inside all the way from Arizona!

Hi Steve.
It was a great first visit for us.Loved seeing the Nimrod R1 outside.Its a good place to spend time before the show.Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rich

[Richard48]

HI Rich what is that plane with the 4 engines an blue prop spinners is it a lincoln ?
chrisb

Hi Chris.
I think its a Lincoln.Steve Brodie would know as my aircraft knowledge is lacking.
Rich.

[Steve Brodie]

Hi Chris.
I think its a Lincoln.Steve Brodie would know as my aircraft knowledge is lacking.
Rich.

It is indeed a Lincoln, and not just any Lincoln but a Haunted one !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/shropshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8329000/8329983.stm

[Tim Marlow]

Nice set of shots Richard. Looks a good place to visit, just wish it was nearer.
Interesting article Steve…….makes you wonder if he’s a ghost from one of the other wartime exhibits who’s decided to look at something new

[rickoshea52]

Hi Steve.
It was a great first visit for us.Loved seeing the Nimrod R1 outside.Its a good place to spend time before the show.Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rich

When XW666 (Damian) crashed in 1995 a replacement had to be found, it was one of only three R1’s in service. Nimrod XV249 was one of four MR2’s in storage at RAF Kinloss on a dispersal closest to the beach. Needless to say all four jets were corroded to hell. XV249 was put through an accelerated major servicing and flown to BAE Woodford for conversion.
For my part, I spent six months at Waddington making replacement parts for the avionics racks that were lost in the crash. Some parts of that jet were made by me. XV249 is one of many aircraft I worked on that are now in museums. Christ I’m getting old!

[Richard48]

When XW666 (Damian) crashed in 1995 a replacement had to be found, it was one of only three R1’s in service. Nimrod XV249 was one of four MR2’s in storage at RAF Kinloss on a dispersal closest to the beach. Needless to say all four jets were corroded to hell. XV249 was put through an accelerated major servicing and flown to BAE Woodford for conversion.
For my part, I spent six months at Waddington making replacement parts for the avionics racks that were lost in the crash. Some parts of that jet were made by me. XV249 is one of many aircraft I worked on that are now in museums. Christ I’m getting old!

Thars really interesting to read Rick.Im guessing that the R1s were guarded closely with all the stuff inside them.Been good if i could have seen inside.A model of one would be super.
Richard

[Airborne01]

Batch 2

Lovely, lovely, lovely! Sex on a Stick photo's mate! I'll post up a Bv 202 photo that might form the basis for a good dio as soon as I locate it!
Steve

[rickoshea52]

Thars really interesting to read Rick.Im guessing that the R1s were guarded closely with all the stuff inside them.Been good if i could have seen inside.A model of one would be super.
Richard

I visited the 51 Sqn hangar at Waddington once to rivet a terry clip onto one of the racks containing some electronic black boxes. Entry to the hangar was via a single entry point. We had to hand in our i/d cards and were escorted by a RAF policeman and 51 Sqn techie to the subject aircraft. It took about five minutes to drill a hole and tucker pop rivet the clip after which we were promptly escorted out again. The thing is, the hangar that I worked in was also super secure with a single entry point because we did loads of stuff for ELINT aircraft for all three services.
When the Nimrod R1's went for major servicing at RAF Kinloss all of the sensitive equipment was removed before they flew up there, only the electronic equipment racks and standard role equipment was left on board. The internal layout was much different to the MR2 type, it even had a bigger chemical toilet.

[Waspie]

XV249 is one of many aircraft I worked on that are now in museums. Christ I’m getting old!

Just how I feel. Every aircraft type I have either worked on or flown in are now museum pieces!!!