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Latest News: 6 January 2009
Museum Closed Until Saturday 10th January
The Museum will be closed from Monday 5th January to Friday 9th January inclusive for annual maintenance. As part of this process the Museum will undergo a deep clean, several of our aircraft will be moved and several major objects will be added to our public displays.The Museum will re-open on Saturday 10th January at 10am with our new exhibition "RAF Photographer of the Year".
We would like to apologise for any inconvenience that this might cause to people intending to visit us between 5th & 9th; but, trust us, the results are well worth the effort.
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R A F Photo Exhibition's Hot Stuff.
The winning images from the Royal Air Force’s Photograph of the Year Competition will be on view to members of the public from 10th January 2009 in Milestones of Flight.
Consisting of 12 categories ranging from “The RAF Experience” to “Technical & Engineering”, this exhibition gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of RAF Personnel at work, rest and play both at home and in the field.
Striking images range from the Engineering Category’s “Hot Stuff” to the visually stunning studies of nature in the competition’s Open Category, and the playful images of service personnel interacting with local children in Afghanistan.
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Our First Celebrity Podcast
This December we have a very special present for our loyal podcast listeners, to thank you all for your support and comments over the last 12 months.
The Dams Raid is the most famous RAF Bomber Command Operation, and it's remembered by so many because of the film, one of the greatest war films in British cinema history.
This podcast tells the story of the design of the 'bouncing bomb' and the raid itself and we have been incredibly fortunate to have it narrated by Richard Todd, who starred as Wing Commander Guy Gibson in the film, 'The Dambusters'.
Enjoy.
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How Did They Do That?
For those of you who have recently visited the Museum and wondered how we managed to get our Eurofighter Typhoon hanging from the ceiling, the answer has now been posted on the Museum's first official YouTube film.
This is the first in a regular series of films, casting the spotlight on how the museum operates behind the scenes.
To see the film click on the link below; and don't forget to select the "watch in high quality" option. The film looks so much better when you do.
For those of you who haven't visited us, please consider yourself invited to see our Eurofighter Typhoon. It looks even better up close and personal than it does on a computer screen. Remember admission and parking is free.
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December's Navigator Highlights
This month Navigator, the Museum's online collection, offers one new set of highlights: Avro Aircraft Photographs.
Founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe, the A.V. Roe Company, based in Manchester, produced the successful Avro 504 during the First World War.
In the 1930s the company became a subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley and produced trainer aircraft such as the Tutor and Anson. With the onset of war attention was turned to the manufacture of combat aircraft including the famous Lancaster.
Although later designs such as the Avro Tudor were less successful during the post-war period, both the Tudor and the York did play an important role during the Berlin Airlift.
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Teachers Programme Announced: National Science And Engineering Week 2009
9th - 13th March 2009
Next year the museum is celebrating National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) with a fun packed educational extravaganza.
NSEW, now in its 14th year, aims to engage and inspire people of all ages with science and technology. 2009's theme is change and the RAF museum, with its widely diverse collection of aircraft from the past 100 years, can demonstrate how science and technology have helped us develop aircraft from the Wright Flyer to the supersonic Eurofighter Typhoon.
The Museum will be running themed days featuring workshops, scientific discovery trails and staff led interactive fun in our Aeronauts gallery.
Cost is £15 per class of up to 30 school children.
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Lindbergh's Aircraft Arrives At Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum is proud to announce the arrival of the MILES M.12 MOHAWK G-AEKW/HM503. The aircraft is now on display in the Milestones of Flight Gallery, as part of the ‘Trailblazers’ exhibition.
The aircraft arrived at the Museum on the 18th of August, by road, after a final re-paint at the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre, Cosford.
First flown by Charles Lindbergh in 1936 it was given its distinctive orange and black colour scheme, with the fuselage and undercarriage in black, with orange fuselage cheat line, orange wings and tail, by the famous American pilot as a high-visibility scheme.
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Record Breaking Legend Lands At The Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum is proud to announce the arrival of the Percival Mew Gull Replica, generously donated by the Alex Henshaw Estate.
Alex Henshaw (1912 – 2007), was a British Air Racer during the 1930’s and a test pilot for Vickers Armstrong in the Second World War. As a result it is estimated that he flew 10% of Spitfires made during that time.
Image: Mr Alex Henshaw Jnr reviewing the replica's interior.
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Royal Air Force Museum Hosts 90th Anniversary Celebrations
On the evening of Tuesday 1st April the Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum held a VVIP banquet for the Royal Air Force at the London site.
At 1900hrs a BBMF Spitfire piloted by Squadron Leader Al Pinner did a flypast across the Museum site. This was closely followed by a formation of nine Eurofighter Typhoons.
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