Scheufeln Taifun (Typhoon)
This unguided rocket was mass-produced in 1945 and used in conjunction with more conventional Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA). The weapon design was initiated by Scheufeln (a range officer …
Location: Hangar 1
RAF Lightweight Torpedo Mk30
This is a passive anti-submarine weapon which reaches a speed of 19 knots and carries a 45kg (100lb) warhead activated by a proximity fuse. The acoustic head …
Rheinmetall Borsig Feuerlilie (Fire Lilly)
The F55 was the last stage of a surface-to-air missile project. The project aimed to research the aerodynamic and propulsion principles required for an effective surface-to-air missile. …
Ruhrstahl Kramer X4
The X4, was developed as an Air-to-Air Missile (AAM), although its use of wire guidance paved the way for modern anti-tank missiles, which often used wire guidance …
Henschel HS293
Development of the Henschel 293 began in May 1940; the research led by Professor Dr Herbert A Wagner. The HS293 was designed as a glider bomb based …
Holzbrau-Kissing Enzian (Gentian Violet)
Work on the Enzian Surface-to-Air Missile began at Messerschmitt AG in 1943. Designed by Dr Herman Wurster, the missile layout owed much to the aerodynamic principles of …
Blohm und Voss BV246 Hagelkorn (Hailstone) – Glide Bomb Missile
This ‘glide bomb’ was developed to improve the bombing accuracy of the Luftwaffe, who required a stabilised glide bomb with a Radio Command Link, (RCL) that could …
Fairey Fireflash
The Fireflash Air-to-Air Missile project started in 1949 as the ‘Blue Sky’ project. The missile had a strikingly unusual configuration that has yet to be repeated. The …
Fairey Separation Test Vehicle (STV)
The Fairey STV was developed in 1950 to test solid booster separation mechanisms for the Fairey Fireflash air-to air guided missile. The vehicle used an inert body …
Engine – Alvis Leonides 128
This post-war derivative of the Alvis 9ARS appeared in numerous sub-variants. The Leonides is a 9-cylinder, air-cooled single-row radial poppet-valve engine. The Leonides 503/7A, Mk 128 01/2, …
Engine – Alvis Leonides Major
A 14-cylinder, two-row radial engine, the Leonides Major 755/1. Mk 155, 780hp seen here, is a medium supercharged, de-rated engine. It is an oblique, direct-drive helicopter engine …
Engine – Anzani 6-Cylinder
It was an Anzani engine which powered the tiny monoplane in which M. Bleriot made the memorable first flight across the English Channel on 25 July 1909. …
Engine – Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah XV
We are not sure of the mark number of this engine as the nameplate was missing on receipt, but it is typical of all the Cheetah engines …
Engine – Rolls-Royce Avon R.A.3-101
The Avon was tested in mid 1947. At 6000lb static thrust it made its first public display at the 1948 Farnborough Show in a Lancastrian flying test-bed …
Engine – Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major IA ‘Civet’
Early in 1934 A.V. Roe acquired a licence to build the Cierva C30A two-seat autogiro (140hp SS Genet Major 1A) including the whole of the rotor system. …