A few years ago I went to the RAF Museum in Midlands, and recently I visited the one in London. Here are a lot of picture from our day out. Enjoy!
Sergeant Sparky McDougall, joined RAF in 1980. He was a mascot and one of the highlights of his career which spanned for almost two decades was meeting Queen Elizabeth II. In 1992 he was promoted to Sergeant, meaning that he outranked his Corporal handler. Retired in 1999.
Short Sunderland MR5. It can be visited inside, but it’s so cramped, it’s not for everyone. It is from the 1950s.
Jet used for training. One of the people trained in this aircraft was King Charles in 1970. The call-sign was Golden Eagle.
Great photos, Anca. It looks like a very well done museum with well produced exhibits. It looks enormous, too! But lots of human interest, not just the planes.
I really shouldn’t sound too disloyal, as my husband served in the RAF for a number of years, around the time of the Falklands War. However, this definitely isn’t my kind of museum, although I have to agree with Kelly about that stunning wooden fuselage. I’m surprised that it ever managed to get off the ground!
Luckily for me, we live really close to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton in Somerset, so he will quite often take himself off there for an afternoon, for a good look around and to chat to any ex-service personnel he meets around the place.
I’m pleased that you had such a great time and the pictures as always, are stunning 🙂
How lovely to be able to meet like-minded people at that museum, it must be wonderful. I should make a note of it, as I like this kind of museums a lot. xx
What a fun museum! I’m glad you told us more about Sergeant Sparky McDougall. I enjoy seeing the paint jobs on some of those planes and that wooden fuselage is beautiful.
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I imagine the donkey was such a character, it was mentioned he liked mints. There were cut outs of people who worked in RAF and it was interesting to read those. There so many, this is the kind of museum one needs to go a few times to properly see all, as there are 6 hangars and it’s quite a walk to get to see everything.