RNAS Museum, Yeovilton

[corsair5517]

Hiya lads... Dave, if this is in the wrong place, I apologise...

.... when we lived in the UK we tripped around a bit and made it to Yeovilton, which was very good indeed...



Spit replica at Southhampton Airport. We were on the runway behind the Lancaster and the Hurricane and saw - and heard! - them both take off!!


Dalek in the restoration hangar!!


Wildcat behind the glass in the restoration hangar


Flight deck simulation; Sea Vampire, Sea Vixen and Buccaneer visible.


VERY effective flight deck landing on simulation! Noisy.. YES!!


Buccaneer


Phantom II


Ahhhhh.... nice!


This was flown into the station, and wheeled straight into the museum!!




Sea Fury


Sopwith Pup


Cockpit of Concorde 02. We saw a few Concordes in the UK... this one, one at Manchester Airport and another one someplace else; can't remember where presently! We saw the bird that flew into Christchurch many years ago, as well!!


What a beast!! Westland Wyvern; this one never flown and has the only Rolls Royce Eagle engine left, an H24, 3500HP piece of kit..


... and here it is!!

I have many more but most feature a child or wife, and you blokes don't want to see that, eh!!

[TS]

Thanks for sharing

I was there in 1989 and stayed in a B&B down the road. They sure have a great collection. When I was their a couple of Hunters where doing circuits ;D
I will have to try and fined my photos so that I can add to this thread but thats easier said than done.....

[nuuumannn]

Terrifc pictures, yes, would like to see more! Great museum, hope you enjoyed it. The fourth pic down of the carrier scene reads, Attacker nose just visible, Sea Vampire, Buccaneer S.1, Buccaneer S.2, Wessex and Sea Hawk, though

[corsair5517]

Jan 4, 2013 14:30:39 GMT 12 nuuumannn said:

Terrifc pictures, yes, would like to see more! Great museum, hope you enjoyed it. The fourth pic down of the carrier scene reads, Attacker nose just visible, Sea Vampire, Buccaneer S.1, Buccaneer S.2, Wessex and Sea Hawk, though

Ha; dead right; faulty memory!! I have to say, though, that the Wyvern really did it for me; such an enormous airplane with that contra-rotating prop and RR engine; i kept going back to it and just standing there looking at it!!

[nuuumannn]

It'd be some sight to see that thing flying!

[ngatimozart]

Image one of them doing a high speed low pass at Wanaka.

[corsair5517]

I think were only about 100 made, and the only survivor is this one. The production ones had Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprops, from memory...

[baz62]

Nice photos! Must go there next time I make it there. That Corsair is a real time capsule, still wearing her original paint which they rubbed back to reveal older markings all the way back to the factory!