National Museum of Flight Scotland, East Fortune

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I called in at this museum on June 9th after a very wet holiday on the west coast of Scotland. At least the food & whiskey during the trip made up for the bad weather.
I saw the B707, BAC 1-11, Comet, Dove, Beech 18, Twin Pioneer & Anson airworthy & in service back in the late 60's & 70's.


D-0359          Schleicher Ka 4 Rhönlerche II                '591'
G-ABDW        DH80A Puss Moth                                 "VH-UQB"
G-ACYK         Spartan Cruiser III                               Wr <F>
G-AGBN        GAL.42 Cygnet 2                                   RAF c/s
G-AHKY         Miles M.18 srs 2
G-ANOV        DH104 Dove 6 CAFU
G-APFJ          B707-436                                            BOAC <FF>
G-APHV         Anson 19 srs 2                                    "VM360" RAF c/s
G-ARCX        Meteor NF.14      
G-ASUG        Beech E18S                                          Loganair
G-AVMO       BAC 1-11/510ED                                    British AW 'Lothian Region'
G-AVPC        D31 Turbulent     
G-BBVF        SAL Twin Pioneer srs 3
G-BDIX        Comet 4C                                              Dan Air
G-BELF         BN2A-26 Islander      
G-BOAA        Concorde                                              British AW
G-JSSD         Jetstream 31
G-SJEN         Comco Ikarus C42
G-UNIV         Montgomerie-Parsons Two-Place Gyro     
N14234         Jetstream 1                                          <F> Jetstream 31 demo
TE462           Spitfire LF.XVI                                        RAF-
VX185          Canberra B.5 RAF- <FF>
WF259 :171-A        Sea Hawk F.2                                 FAA-
WW145 :680-LM     Sea Venom FAW.22                        FAA-750sqn
XA228                   Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1       RAF-
XM597                   Vulcan B.2                                     RAF-
XN776 :C               Lightning F.2A                                RAF-92sqn
XV277                    Harrier GR.1                                   Royal Navy titles
XZ119 :FG             Jaguar GR.1                                  RAF-41sqn
ZE934 :TA              Tornado F.3                                   RAF-56sqn
3677                      MiG-15bis                                     Czech AF-11th Air Regiment
9940                      Bolingbroke IVT                             RCAF c/s
191659 '15'            Me.163B Komet                              Luftwaffe-II/JG400


3677 MiG 15bis Czech AF by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


9940 Bolingbroke IVT RCAF- by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


191659 Me.163B Komet Luftwaffe by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


D-0359  '591'     Schleicher Ka 4 Rhönlerche II by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-ABDW   'VH-UQB'   DH80A Puss Moth by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-ACYK Spartan Cruiser III by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-AGBN GAL.42 Cygnet 2 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-AHKY Miles M.18 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-ANOV DH104 Dove 6 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-APFJ B707-436 BOAC by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-APHV Anson 19 srs 2 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-ARCX Meteor NF.14 ex Ferranti by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-ASUG Beech E18S Loganair by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-AVPC D31 Turbulent by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-BBVF SAL Twin Pioneer by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-BDIX Comet 4C Dan Air by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-BELF BN2A-26 Islander by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-JSSD Jetstream 31 ex BAe by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-SJEN Comco Ikarus C42 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


G-UNIV Montgomerie-Parsons Two-Place Gyro by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


VH-SNB DH84A Dragon by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


TE462 Spitfire LF.XVIe RAF- by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


WF259 '171-A'    Sea Hawk F.2 FAA- by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


WW145  '680'   Sea Venom FAW.22 FAA-750sqn by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


XM597 Vulcan B.2 RAF- by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


XN776'C'   Lightning F.2A   RAF-92sqn by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


XV277 Harrier GR.1 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


XZ119 'FG'    Jaguar GR.1    RAF-41sqn by Graham Taylor, on Flickr



Graham
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[graham]

Great shots and log there Graham, and plenty I need to see. Love the Dan Air Comet, brings back some great old Lasham memories.

[davebasing]

Super set Graham. Looked back at the Comets I'd photographed at Lasham but G-BDIX was not among them. Really pleased however to see Dove G-ANOV is looking so good. She was the longest serving Dove with CAFU at Stansted (some 27 years I think) and my log shows I first flew in her in January 1966 and spent many hours bashing the Stansted circuit and other cross country trips until my last flight in her in April 1968 when I left the safety side of the (then) MoA. Particularly remember flying her one day from the right seat on the way back to Stansted from Cranfield while my very senior captain sat back and read a book only to be interrupted by a Wethersfield based USAF F100 flashing left to right past my nose from his side of the aircraft at the same level, so close you could hear it and clearly see the Wethersfield tail markings! Coming from the left it had been blind to me but I remember hoping that the Super Sabre had seen me for some time as I would have been side on to him. Also one snowy day getting an unsafe nose gear indication in her on approach to Stansted although the tower said it "looked" down. Turned out to be a short circuit caused by snow thrown into the undercarriage during a number of touch and goes at Stansted. We got out of her and then took one of our other Doves G-ALVS to finish the day. Looking back, the last time I went to the museum in East Fortune was almost exactly 40 years ago. Needs to be done again on a future Lossiemouth trip methinks. Many thanks Graham for the memories of those now so distant days.