Landrover Series 1
The Landrover on display was issued for VIP duties with the Royal Air Force from April 1955.
Location: National Cold War Exhibition
Handley Page Hastings
The Handley Page Hastings replaced the Avro York as the Royal Air Force’s standard long-range transport from 1948. Two squadrons of the new aircraft served alongside the …
Handley Page Victor K2
Designed and in service as a strategic nuclear bomber, some were converted to in-flight refuelling tankers and remained in service until 1993. Much use was made of …
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CCII
Known as the ‘Twin Pin’, the Twin Pioneer was a follow-up to the same company’s single-engined short take-off and landing (STOL) transport, the Pioneer, and like the …
Short Brothers Belfast
Design of this long-range, strategic transport aircraft began in February 1959, with the first flight in January 1964. Only ten of the originally ordered thirty Belfasts were …
Hawker Hunter T7A
This was a dual-control training version of the classic single-seat Hunter, the first prototype Hunter trainer flying in July 1955, and featured side-by-side seating for the student …
Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV
Forty-four of the Sikorsky S-65/HH-53C ‘Super Jolly Green Giant’ (officially known as the Stallion) entered service from August 1968. This was a medium-lift long-range Combat Search and …
Vickers Valiant B1
The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air …
Canadair Sabre 4
The British-designed replacements for the outclassed Meteor and Vampire fighters were suffering many development problems, and the appearance early in the Korean War (1950 to 1953) of …
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14
Always considered a stop-gap until more advanced aircraft came into service, the introduction of radar-equipped Meteor night fighters nevertheless provided the Royal Air Force with valuable experience …
Douglas Dakota
The Douglas C47, known as the Dakota in the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth services, became the world’s best known transport aircraft. The type saw widespread use …
Avro Vulcan B2
The Vulcan was the world’s first large bomber to employ a delta-wing form, which offers a unique combination of good load carrying capabilities, high subsonic speed at …
Avro York C1
Manufactured by Avro and incorporating the wings, tail, undercarriage and engines of the Lancaster bomber, the York was to prove a useful military and civilian transport aircraft …
Blackburn Buccaneer S1 (Nose section only)
The sturdily built nuclear-capable Buccaneer originated as the Fleet Air Arms’ principal latter-day low-level strike aircraft. First flown April 1958, the Buccaneer S Mk 1 entered Fleet …
English Electric Canberra PR9
With the Canberra already established as a light bomber in the Royal Air Force, it was a logical step to produce a photo-reconnaissance version of this high …