RAF Museum Cosford News

Motorcycle Eggstravaganza to support Midlands Air Ambulance

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Sunday 1st April 2012 £5.00 per person donation This Spring, thousands of bikers from across the country are expected to join together for a massive ride out when they take part in the ‘Bike 4 Life Easter Run’. The motorcycle run will take place on Sunday 1st April 2012 in aid of two local charities, the Midlands Air Ambulance and Royal Air Force Museum.

RAF Museum Website Feedback

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Royal Air Force Museum is currently looking at refreshing its website and we would welcome your input. We have come up with four designs and would appreciate your thoughts on which you like best and what you think of our current site. All responses are anonymous so please feel free to give honest opinions. The questionnaire will take around 10 minutes to complete and provide the Museum with valuable feedback. Please click the link shown and thank you for your interest in the Museum.

Shropshire Caterer is Costa’s Top Barista

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Tracey Jones, Aramark Catering Supervisor at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, beat off tough competition in a National competition for best barista amongst all Costa Coffee franchised outlets. Tracey who came third in last year’s national finals took the top spot this year after impressing the judges with her own chocolate orange coffee creation.

Museum Apprentices train local engineering students

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Monday 6th February 2012 The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be hosting a group of students from North East Wolverhampton Academy on Monday 6th February 2012 for a day of aircraft engineering training. The training day is part of the National Apprenticeship Week which runs from the 6th to 10th February 2012. On the day ten students will be undertaking basic engineering training in hands on sessions at the Museum’s Michael Beetham Conservation Centre. The Conservation Centre has twice won the West Midlands National Apprenticeship Scheme ‘Small Employer of the Year’ award.

Museum launches book recycling scheme

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is launching an appeal for members of the public to donate their unwanted military and aviation books and magazines to the Museum’s Shop. These items will then be sold by the shop with the money raised going to the continued and ongoing maintenance of the Museum’s collections. The scheme is being launched at the RAF Museum Cosford in February and the Museum would like to ask that members of the public donate any books or magazines published about the Armed Services since 1900 which are in reasonable condition by handing them in at the Museum shop’s till.

This month's Flickr Appeal - RNAS Dundee

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

This month's Flickr Appeal consists of a photograph album, found during a recent inventory of unrecorded photographs, was donated to the Royal Air Force Museum by a Mrs E.M. Griffin in the 1970s. The album dates from 1916-1919 and includes photographs of Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) personnel and aircraft at RNAS Dundee, later RAF Dundee - plus the occasional monkey. Can you provide more information and help the Museum record these photographs in more detail?

Model Making Half Term at RAF Museum

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

13th to 17th February 2012 11am to 4.00pm £3.00 per person If you’re looking for something exciting to entertain the children this February Half Term, the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is inviting families to participate in a fun model making activity. Taking place from Monday 13th to Friday 17th February, visitors will have the opportunity to build an Airfix 1:72 Spitfire.

A Herculean Christmas Gift Arrives at Cosford!

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

A Hercules C130K Mk.3 has just become the latest aircraft to go on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, arriving just in time for Christmas. The aircraft was moved from the airfield to the Museum’s site yesterday and placed in its new permanent display space, outside overlooking the Museum site. This supersized Christmas present took a team of fifteen Museum Technicians and RAF Personnel three hours to safely move the aircraft into position, once the aircraft had been defueled.

VIP Unveils Comper Swift

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Unveiled on Thursday 3rd November 2011 The Royal Air Force Museum has today officially unveiled the Museum’s latest acquisition, the Comper Swift CLA.7 G-ACGL. The aircraft was unveiled to invited guests including relatives of the aircraft’s designer and of original owner in the Museum’s Hangar 1, where it is now on permanent display to the public. During the unveiling guests gathered by the Comper Swift for a welcome speech from the RAF Museum Director General, Peter Dye. Immediately afterwards the aircraft was unveiled by special guest Alex Henshaw Junior, son of Alex Henshaw Senior, the original owner of the aircraft. Other V.I.Ps at the launch included Comper Swift Aircraft Designer’s grandson, Mr Stephen Perry and its Engine Designer’s daughter Mrs Shirley Ann Manser.

Museum staff help construct charity pedal car

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Staff at RAF Cosford, assisted by staff in the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford have created a pedal car in the form of a World War Two Hurricane aircraft. The pedal car will be entered into a 24 hour charity cycle car race taking place in St Etienne de Chigny in the centre of France. A team of four from RAF Cosford will travel to France for the race in August 2012 hoping to raise money for RAF Charities whilst winning the best design for their pedal car. Photo: Left to Right Tony Pass, Mick Rose, CPL Ree and Malcolm Hill.

Sir Richard Branson kick starts Dornier Fundraising Campaign.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Royal Air Force Museum has launched a fundraising campaign to rescue the sole surviving example of the WWII Dornier Do-17 aircraft. The Museum is now appealing to the public to raise the remaining £250,000 to complete the recovery and restoration project. The public fundraising campaign is also endorsed by Sir Richard Branson who is a supporter of the Museum. Sir Richard Branson states: “The discovery of the Dornier is of international importance. Please support the RAF Museum’s appeal to save this unique aircraft as a tribute to the loss of life on both sides of the Battle of Britain.”

Dornier 17 Underwater Footage Now Available To View

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

As recently reported the Royal Air Force Museum has been working with Wessex Archeology and English Heritage on a German bomber that was shot down in the Battle of Britain in 1940. In addition to a micro-site which gives further details about this project the Museum has now placed on YouTube previously unseen film-footage of an underwater survey of the Dornier which took place on 2nd & 3rd of June at Goodwin Sands. To view this film, please select the link below.