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These pictures were taken at East Midlands Airport Aeropark in September 2007. Although it is a small collection, there are some
interesting aircraft and they are well displayed for photography. If you're interested in civil aviation, it is also a
convenient spot to watch airliners taking off from the airport.
Click on each picture to open the full-size (1200x900) version in a new window.  ABOVE: The English Electric Lightning, Britain's first supersonic fighter. Although it is now painted in RAF markings, this F.Mk.53 version was originally built for the air force of Saudi Arabia. BELOW: Blackburn Buccaneer, with the large air brakes deployed. Note also the folding wings for aircraft carrier operations. The lower image shows a close-up of the area around one of the engine exhaust nozzles, discoloured by the heat.   BELOW: Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy 101 transport aircraft. To make loading and unloading as easy as possible, the cargo bay can be accessed from the front and rear, with the unusual twin boom configuration ensuring that the tail doesn't obstruct access in any way.   BELOW: Looking up through the pilot's canopy of the English Electric Canberra B.2/T.17, from the side entrance door.  BELOW: Gloster Meteor TT20. The Meteor was Britain's first operational jet fighter, entering service in 1944. The TT20 version was a target tug, which towed a target behind it on a cable for anti-aircraft gun and missile crews to practice on.   BELOW: Various examples of the Westland Wessex helicopter.     ABOVE: There's something you don't see every day - a Westland Wessex line-up with a World War II V-1 flying bomb. BELOW: General views of the Aeropark. The aircraft in the foreground in each picture is the Canberra B.2/T.17. The top picture also shows the cockpit section of another Canberra, which is undergoing restoration. I asked the engineer working on it if it was difficult to obtain spare parts, and he said that they could get most of them on eBay!   BELOW: The Avro Vulcan strategic bomber, once a key element of Britain's nuclear deterrent.     BELOW: A replica Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX.   |
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