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This ‘Pou- du -Ciel’ was built by Edgar George Davis; Scott Squirrel A2S engine. Constructor’s number EGD.1.Davis was serving with No.286 Squadron RAF based at Western Zoyland, Somerset from 1935; the aircraft was built in a garage in Bath from the spring/summer of that year. Davis was assisted with the fabric work by his fiancée.
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First of type on AC !
The Saunders-Roe SR.53 was a British prototype interceptor aircraft of mixed jet and rocket propulsion developed for the Royal Air Force by Saunders-Roe in the early 1950s. Although its performance was promising, the need for such an aircraft was soon overtaken by surface-to-air missile development and the project was cancelled after 56 test flights.
Two aircraft were built and flown; one was destroyed during flight testing in June 1958. XD145 is the first prototype and preserved in great condition at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.
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Diseñado para luchar contra la insurgencia poco armada no eran efectivos para enfrentarse al ejercito británico en las Malvinas. De 24 desplegados se perdieron 13 por la acción enemiga (casi todos en acciones de comandos) y 7 por diversos accidentes, con sólo 4 indemnes.
Este ejemplar fue uno de los 5 capturados en condiciones de vuelo que se llevaron al Reino Unido para su estudio, siendo el único que tras analizar todas las células llegó a volar, utilizándose los otros 4 como repuestos.
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Capturado en la Guerra de Malvinas, fue recuperado y probado en vuelo por los ingleses.
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Aparato de Patrulla marítima en exhibición en el Museo de la RAF en Cosford como uno de sus "gates guards".
Dotado de hélices y turborreactores subalares este modelo se donó a la RAF por parte de la Marina Real Holandesa en el año 2007, aunque se cedió en préstamo mucho antes, en el año 82.
El Neptune se diseñó para sustituir al Harpoon, siendo a su vez sustituido por un modelo casi desconocido para nosotros, el P-3 Orion :-)
La historia completa de este modelo aquí (en inglés):
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/coll...82-AF-995%20Lockheed%20Neptune%20204.pdf
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In 1924, the Royal Aero Club organized a Light Aircraft Competition. £3000 was offered in prizes. An entry was made by Hawker Aircraft, which was a design by Sydney Camm, the Cygnet. Camm had joined Hawker the previous year. Two aircraft were built (G-EBMB and G-EBJH) and were entered in the competition, held in 1924 at Lympne Aerodrome, by T. O. M. Sopwith and Fred Sigrist. The aircraft were flown by Longton and Raynham and came in 4th and 3rd places respectively. In 1925, G-EBMB was entered again in the 100 mi (161 km) International Handicap Race, this time flown by George Bulman, who won at a speed of 75.6 mph (121.7 km/h). At the same meeting, the Cygnet came 2nd in the 50 mi (80 km) Light Aeroplane Race. In 1926, both aircraft were entered in the competition piloted by Bulman and Flying Officer Ragg, taking first and second place respectively.
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Caza interceptador biplaza con ala delta introducido en la RAF en la década de los cincuenta.
Museo de la RAF en Cosford
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RAF Cosford "Gate Guardian"
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Ex G-AOVF. Impresionante Gateguard del museo.
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Avión de carga y transporte en versión militar, inició sus actividades en el año 59 y al retirarlos pasaron a utilizarse tareas civiles.
Museo de la RAF
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One of 62 Storches captured intact in the British occupation zone of Germany. Apparently one of three Fi 156s surrendered at Flensburg coded RR + KE of an unknown unit. It had earlier been coded GM + AK and had been built by Mraz at Chocen, Czechoslovakia, one of 137 Storches built there in 1944. Although previously reported as W/Nr 475061, 475081 is shown on two plates on the aircraft itself. The Fi-156C-7 was the final wartime production version, introduced 1944.
Allocated RAF serial VP546 in April 1946.
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En exhibición en el fantástico Museo de la RAF sito en Cosford.
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El "Old Crow" original pertenecio al 357th Fighter Group "Yoxford Boys", 8th Air Force, basado Leiston Field. Este grupo dio 42 Ases en la WWII con mas de 600 derribos acreditados. Concretamente el Old Crow original contabilizo 16
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Un aparato que resulta difícil de fotografiar por la profusión de modelos que lo rodean, aunque por historia merece la pena.
Este es uno de los 170 ejemplares de 352 construido por CASA en Getafe y usado en origen para el transporte de 18 paracaidistas.
Comprado en subasta por el RAF Museum el 03/Julio/1977 se muestra ahora con colores y rótulos de British Airways con la matrícula fictica G-AFAP que correspondía a uno de los tres ejemplares de Ju-52 que prestaron servicios en dicha compañía en tareas de carga antes del inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Como nota irónica,el verdadero G-AFAP fue capturado por las tropas alemanas en Noruega en 1940.
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Participo de la guerra por las Islas Malvinas, aunque no logro concretar ninguna mision efectiva.
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