Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It claims to be Europe's premier Air Museum and has a whole sub-museum dedicated to the US Airmen based in England during the war. The approach is surrounded by glass panels detialing all the planes lost by the various Bomber and Fighter Groups based locally. Go to: http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.00d Peter jack wrote: > Peter, > > Nice aircraft shots. I have never seen photos of this museum before. > Thanks for showing. I worked on a vulcan in the 60"s while at the Naval > Air Station in Glenview Ill. > > Jack > > Peter Dzwig wrote: >> Souvenirs of a recent trip to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford: >> >> Two from The American Air Museum >> >> The only SR-71 Blackbird outside US - and its engines outside their >> nacelles >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Blackbird.jpg.html> >> >> >> Flying Fortress and a PAW this week: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Fortress.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> Main Airspace exhibit: >> >> Interior 1: Avro Vulcan, TSR2 (the white thing in the foreground), >> Westland >> Chopper, Vickers Oxford(?), English Electric Canberra, Hawker Hunter, >> BAe Gnat >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Interior+-+Vulcan_+TSR-2+etc.jpg.html> >> >> >> Interior 2: Sunderland flying boat, Lysander with supply pod used in >> Burma, SE5A >> and Spad?, Tail of EE Lightning at left. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Interior+Sunderland_Lysander.jpg.html> >> >> >> Two from the restoration hanger >> >> A Canadian-built Merlin >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Merlin-Canadian.jpg.html> >> >> >> Spitfire late model, possibly a Mk XVI?, with Merlin in situ (not the >> same Merlin) >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/SpitfireMerlin+in+Situ.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> Twin-seater Spitfire trainer - one of only three still flying in >> invasion livery >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/TwoseaterSpit-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> Vickers Ltd line-up. Varsity, Trident-2 and VC-10: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/VarsityTrident3VC10.jpg.html> >> >> >> >> All pictures: Leica M3 5cm Summicron, Kodak BW400CN >> >> thanks for looking >> >> Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >