Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Jet Age Museum.
Yesterday (June 25th), Karl and I met up at the Jet Age Museum at Staverton Airport, Gloucester, a small museum we'd always wanted to visit, but never got around to, mainly due to the distance involved for such a small museum.
However, as my eldest daughter now lives just a few minutes drive from the museum, and is getting married in July, this was a great excuse to get down there, see my daughter, and meet her husband to be for the first time !
We'd arranged to meet at 13.15 hrs, plenty of time to get around the relatively small collection of aircraft and other exhibits before the museum closed at 16.00 hrs, and I set off realising I might get there even earlier, as traffic was very light for what should have been a two hour journey.
BUT !
Part way along the M5 Motorway, traffic came to a halt, and it took over two hours to travel two miles, where a caravan had overturned, blocking the road !
I eventually arrived at the museum, somewhat warm, aching and frustrated, at just after 15.00 hrs, with little time to get around all the exhibits properly, and not really in the mood for detailed exploring, and therefore I only took a total of 15 photos. That said, there wasn't much space to get good pics of the aircraft displayed in the small hangar anyway.
Despite the fatigue and frustration, it was a worthwhile visit, with friendly and helpful volunteer staff (mostly ex-RAF), although I doubt we'd have made the journey had we not had an excuse to visit that part of England.
Needless to say, we all had a good meal at the hotel later, and a few beverages of the non vegan, sissy type !
But enough of the drivel, and on with pics, with the first batch of six described below.
Pic 1. Gloster E28/39 replica. Slightly odd colours, but very convincing.
Pic 2. Meteor F.8.
Pic 3. E28/39 and Meteor F.8
Pic 4. Javelin FAW 9. This is the airframe that Airfix used to plan their 1/48th scale kit, but very difficult to photograph, due to its location.
Pic 5. Gloster Gamecock replica.
Pic 6. Gamecock again.
Yesterday (June 25th), Karl and I met up at the Jet Age Museum at Staverton Airport, Gloucester, a small museum we'd always wanted to visit, but never got around to, mainly due to the distance involved for such a small museum.
However, as my eldest daughter now lives just a few minutes drive from the museum, and is getting married in July, this was a great excuse to get down there, see my daughter, and meet her husband to be for the first time !
We'd arranged to meet at 13.15 hrs, plenty of time to get around the relatively small collection of aircraft and other exhibits before the museum closed at 16.00 hrs, and I set off realising I might get there even earlier, as traffic was very light for what should have been a two hour journey.
BUT !
Part way along the M5 Motorway, traffic came to a halt, and it took over two hours to travel two miles, where a caravan had overturned, blocking the road !
I eventually arrived at the museum, somewhat warm, aching and frustrated, at just after 15.00 hrs, with little time to get around all the exhibits properly, and not really in the mood for detailed exploring, and therefore I only took a total of 15 photos. That said, there wasn't much space to get good pics of the aircraft displayed in the small hangar anyway.
Despite the fatigue and frustration, it was a worthwhile visit, with friendly and helpful volunteer staff (mostly ex-RAF), although I doubt we'd have made the journey had we not had an excuse to visit that part of England.
Needless to say, we all had a good meal at the hotel later, and a few beverages of the non vegan, sissy type !
But enough of the drivel, and on with pics, with the first batch of six described below.
Pic 1. Gloster E28/39 replica. Slightly odd colours, but very convincing.
Pic 2. Meteor F.8.
Pic 3. E28/39 and Meteor F.8
Pic 4. Javelin FAW 9. This is the airframe that Airfix used to plan their 1/48th scale kit, but very difficult to photograph, due to its location.
Pic 5. Gloster Gamecock replica.
Pic 6. Gamecock again.
