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So what does one do on a rainy day out in England.

Well the alternatives are endless, but I decided to pop down to visit the RAF museum at Hendon. I'd not been there before so was quite surprised at the amount of "stuff" they had there.

Certainly a few things I had not been privileged to see before. Unfortunately, all static displays and not flying. So you had to walk around making your own aeroplane noises and ignoring the looks of passers by.

A few teasers

Vroooooom.....


He-162


taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-taka-

Boulten Paul Defiant


Never realised this before, retractable bomb racks on the Short Sunderland flying boat. The racks with depth charges would normally reside within the fuselage, then when attacking, the racks would then be extended out through a hatch to under wing positions.



Another interesting one about the Sunderland... the front turret could be pulled back to the fuselage to create an open area to "fish" pilots out of the water.



Remains of a Halifax bomber



Breech of aircraft carried Moulins 6lb (57mm??) anti shipping gun



Rest of the piccies are here
http://www.pigyn.com/gallery/view_album ... raf_hendon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I will add appropriate captions as and when, if there is a piccie there that you particularly want info about, ask.

G

nice pics mate, thanks for sharing!

Great photos, Sir Gurb, thanks for posting them.
Even static displays look pretty awesome.

S!

Macca

Fantastic pics Gurb , thanks for posting

Gurb,
Great pics. thanks.

Igor

Even though they are static, they show no less love went into them than any of the work we saw at Duxford!

Beautiful aircraft!

I found the Boulton-Paul Defiant tres kewl!

Nice pics. I especially enjoyed the Kitten submenu. That photo of the guys on the Sunderland- I did'nt know those flyboys were issued bazookas/piats as regular issue. Great way to get some fish to float if you missed teatime at Biggin Hill.~S~

Nice Pics m8!

Theres a complete Halifax Bomber at the Yorkshire Air Museum. I might try and con the kids into a day out and take the camera.

fix up that Halifax?

Great pics!

:FI:Scott wrote:Nice Pics m8!

Theres a complete Halifax Bomber at the Yorkshire Air Museum. I might try and con the kids into a day out and take the camera.

Be good to see

Apparently only two complete examples exist? The Yorkshire one and another in Ontario??

The Hendon one is not going to be restored. It is "as is", It was recovered from the sea bed off Norway where it had partaken in a raid against the Tirpitz.



G

thanks for the pics Gurb, very nice

Just a few snaps of these old birds. Here a few months ago, scrounged a load of parts, committed an outrage or two and gone. It was a rare treat to be able to spend time with them.

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Sorry about some of the sizes. No I'm not relly. Didn't know what else to do. I've got some more somewhere, you know, anybody'd like to see them. Toodles.

OMG ,you Touched !! the B17!!!! in the cockpit!!!
i want too....

Yes, Il2 series have so crappy graphics....