Posted in Museums at 12:00 on 21 December 2019
The main attraction at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian is a real Concorde. It’s housed in a hangar more less all to itself.
Engines and fuselage:-
Tail (I forget now which aircraft’s front portion is in the background here):-
Mach and altitude indicators:-
External temperature and speed indicators:-
One of Concorde’s engines:-
Interior looking forward:-
Interior looking aft. It’s pretty cramped looking:-
Cockpit:-
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Posted in History, Museums at 12:00 on 18 December 2019
A plaque at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, commemorates the airship R34 which flew from there on 2/7/1919 to make the first crossing of the Atlantic from east to west (landing on Mineola, Long Island on 6/7/1919) and subsequently made the first double crossing by returning (to Fulham) on 13/7/1919:-
The airship’s mooring block is still in evidence:-
Information Board:-
Model of R34. Sorry about the reflectuons. he model is behind glass and not well lit:-
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Posted in History, Museums at 20:00 on 17 December 2019
A Comet in Dan Air livery:-
Its interior:-
And its cockpit:-
A BAC-1-11 in the colours of British Airways:-
Its cockpit:-
The front portion of a Boeing 707 was one of the exhibits. This is its cockpit:-
Hawker Siddeley Trident Cockpit:-
Sheila Scott’s Piper Commanche:-
I vaguely remember Scott’s flight round the world in 1966 in the above small aeroplane (the damage obvious in the photo was inflicted by the man she sold it to.)
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Posted in History, Museums at 12:00 on 16 December 2019
More pictures taken at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, Scotland.
A Czech S-103:-
Lockheed Lightning. I forget which country’s livery this displays:-
The obligatory Spitfire:-
Messerschmidt Komet. This was a rocket propelled aeroplane as I recall:-
Vulcan Bomber:-
The images of two bombs/missiles under Argentine flags on the fuselage of the Vulcan signal the two raids made by this bomber on the Argentinian forces at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands during the conflict in 1982. The flag of Brazil is because the Vulcan was forced to detour by engine trouble and land in Brazil after one of the raids.
Hawker Harrier:-
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Posted in Fife, History, Museums, War Memorials at 20:00 on 12 December 2019
See yesterday’s post.
Bomb dropped from Zeppelin. (Luckily for the citizens of Edinburgh where it dropped, it seems not to have exploded.):-
Model (in the shop) of a Sopwith Camel:-
Real seat from a Sopwith Camel. It looks like a garden chair with its legs cut off:-
Compare and contrast. A more modern ejector seat:-
Hawk Training Aircraft:-
A Red Arrows XX308:-
A New Zealand War Memorial. Inscribed, “In memory of the men from the Dominion who served in Scotland during the 1939 – 1945 conflict. Also in heartfelt remembrance of those who, whilst flying from Scotland’s sea and shore in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Fleet Air Arm, made the ultimate sacrifice. ‘They watch over Scotia still’.”
The 1930s were possibly the high point of aviation displays – exciting and new. This poster advertises one in Fife:-
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