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These pictures were taken at Midland Air Museum in May 2008.
Click on each picture to open the full-size (1200x900) version in a new window. BELOW: Museum interior showing a de Havilland Vampire F1, which was Britain's second operational jet fighter after the Gloster Meteor.  BELOW: The Blue Steel stand-off missile designed for the Vulcan bomber. The shadow in the bottom-right corner is from the wing of the museum's Vulcan B.2, serial number XL360.  BELOW: The Boulton Paul P.111A, which first flew in 1950 and was used to study the aerodynamics of the delta wing.     BELOW: English Electric Lightning F.6. The Lightning was Britain's first supersonic fighter.  BELOW: Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF 14, a two-seat night fighter version of the Meteor with an extended nose to accommodate the air interception radar. Behind it is the nose section of a Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B. To the right is a Russian Mil Mi-24 "Hind D" attack helicopter owned by BAE Systems.  BELOW: McDonnell F-101B all weather interceptor. This aircraft is the two-seat trainer version.  BELOW: McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II.  BELOW: de Havilland Dove 2, a popular small airliner and executive aircraft. Versions of the Dove were in production from 1945 to 1967.  BELOW: The Percival Prentice T1, a type used by the RAF for basic flying training from 1947 to 1953.   BELOW: Sea Harrier FA2.     BELOW: North American F-100D Super Sabre.   BELOW: The Fairey Gannet T.2, which entered service in 1955 as a trainer for the original AS.1 anti-submarine warfare version. Later variants of the Gannet included airborne early warning and electronic countermeasures versions.  BELOW: de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 two-seat naval fighter. It had a very unusual seating arrangement, with the pilot's canopy offset to one side and the navigator's position buried within the fuselage with access through a hatch in the top. The twin tail-booms extend in front of the wing to provide extra space for fuel.   BELOW: The Fairey Ultra-Light of 1955 was a prototype for a very light and simple helicopter that could be transported on, and launched from, the back of a standard three-ton army truck. The project was cancelled in 1959 without going into service.  |
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