Milestones of Flight Aircraft Collection

This aircraft collection is housed in the Milestones of Flight Exhibition Hall at RAF Museum London, providing the perfect setting for many unique aircraft that trace the first century in aviation history and the Royal Air Force.

BAe Harrier GR3

BAe Harrier GR3

Single seat VTOL ground attack fighter aircraft.

Blériot XI

Blériot XI

Single engined, single seat monoplane with rotary tractor engine. Rear fuselage open, unfabricked structure.

Clarke Glider

Clarke Glider

Small biplane hang glider. Undoped white lined covering fitted 2001. Similar to Chanute built gliders.

de Havilland Mosquito B35

de Havilland Mosquito B35

Twin-engined two-seat light bomber aircraft of all wood construction.

Eurofighter Typhoon

Eurofighter Typhoon

A 'swing role' aircraft in that it can operate as a fighter aircraft and, in due course as the design evolves, as a bomber and a ground attack aircraft, built by a consortium of European countries.

Fokker DVII

Fokker DVII

Single seat fighter biplane.

Fokker DVII

Gloster Meteor F9/40

The first jet fighter to see service with the Royal Air Force, the F9/40 prototypes manufactured by the Gloster Aircraft Company pioneered the application of jet propulsion to combat aircraft design in the United Kingdom

Hawker Hart II

Hawker Hart II

Single engined biplane light bomber.

Hawker Tempest V

Hawker Tempest V

One of the most powerful high performance fighters to see operational service in World War Two.

Kawasaki Ki-1001b

Kawasaki Ki-1001b

Single piston engined fighter monoplane with bubble canopy. Dark green upper surfaces with medium grey lower surfaces and yellow inner wing and leading edge; wing and fuselage rising sun roundels.

Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-1) F-35

Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-1) F-35 (Full Size Model)

The UK version of the Joint Stike Fighter, the F-35C - a developed version of the F-35A seen here - will be a stealthy, multi-role, all-weather, day & night, fighter/attack air system aircraft that can operate from land bases and both current and the next generation of aircraft carriers.

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2

Single engined, single seat monoplane fighter with retractable undercarriage.

Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Schwalbe (Swallow)

Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Schwalbe (Swallow)

Twin turbo engined fighter; tricycle undercarriage. Dark green mottled camouflage upper surface and pale blue under sides with tail fin swastika; fuselage and tail crosses with fuselage code red X.

North American P-51D Mustang

North American P-51D Mustang

Single-seat fighter of World War Two, fitted with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.

Percival Mew Gull

Percival Mew Gull

A British racing aircraft of the 1930s. A small, single-engine, single-seat, low wing monoplane of wooden construction.

Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly 1

Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly 1

Small 2-seat helicopter, the first helicopter type operated by the RAF.

Sopwith F1 Camel

Sopwith F1 Camel

Single rotary engined single seat biplane fighter.