Airframes
Benevolens Magister
It's been a couple of years since our last visit to the RAF Museum, Cosford, and as some of the exhibits from the Hendon Museum have been moved to Cosford, Karl and I, along with our friend Mick, went again yesterday, specifically to see the Defiant, Bf109G, and the Ju88 in particular.
The main intention was to get some detail shots of these aircraft, and a few others, and this we did, in a four hour tour.
Some of the exhibits have been moved around in the various hangars, and some removed, to make room fore the 'new arrivals' - the Catalina is now displayed outdoors, and has quickly shown signs of weathering, whilst others, such as the Mustang, we presume are either in storage, or under refurbishment (as is the Lysander), as they were no longer on display.
For those who may require them, I got quite a number of detail shots of the Fw190, Bf109G, Ju-88 and Defiant, and I'll be happy to send these on request.
I was very fortunate when photographing the FW 190, as some scheduled maintenance work was being done, and one of the technicians invited me to have a look 'up close', when I was allowed to look into the wheel bays and anywhere else I wanted, although I couldn't manage the climb up to the cockpit.
Whilst in conversation, I mentioned the cable, from the main gear, which retracts the tail wheel, and it seemed that the technician didn't know about this, as it wasn't visible. As I moved on, the technicians began opening access panels and, about half an hour later, I was tracked down and thanked. as they'd found the cable runs, but one section was missing, and they could now restore and refit this.
The following two posts show some general shots of the main subjects of interest.
The main intention was to get some detail shots of these aircraft, and a few others, and this we did, in a four hour tour.
Some of the exhibits have been moved around in the various hangars, and some removed, to make room fore the 'new arrivals' - the Catalina is now displayed outdoors, and has quickly shown signs of weathering, whilst others, such as the Mustang, we presume are either in storage, or under refurbishment (as is the Lysander), as they were no longer on display.
For those who may require them, I got quite a number of detail shots of the Fw190, Bf109G, Ju-88 and Defiant, and I'll be happy to send these on request.
I was very fortunate when photographing the FW 190, as some scheduled maintenance work was being done, and one of the technicians invited me to have a look 'up close', when I was allowed to look into the wheel bays and anywhere else I wanted, although I couldn't manage the climb up to the cockpit.
Whilst in conversation, I mentioned the cable, from the main gear, which retracts the tail wheel, and it seemed that the technician didn't know about this, as it wasn't visible. As I moved on, the technicians began opening access panels and, about half an hour later, I was tracked down and thanked. as they'd found the cable runs, but one section was missing, and they could now restore and refit this.
The following two posts show some general shots of the main subjects of interest.