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Aircraft Photos Taken at RAF Cosford

Albrighton, England, United Kingdom

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  • XP411 @ EGWC - Armstrong Whitworth 650 Argosy T1 at RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum. - by Malcolm Clarke by Malcolm Clarke @ EGWC
  • WG760 @ EGWC - The first flight of P1 WG760 was on 4 August 1954, just 10 years after the RAF's first jet aircraft, the Meteor, entered squadron service. It was experimental and was the basis for the RAF's front line fighter, the EE Lightning - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XG225 @ EGWC - A single seat fighter, 415 Hunter F Mk 6s were produced, some 380 of them for the RAF, this variant introducing improved flying controls making it an ideal aerobatic aircraft, serving with the RAF Black Arrows and Blue Diamonds aerobatic display teams - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • BAPC082 @ EGWC - The Hind was a development of the Hart and was supplied to the Royal Air Force as an interim type prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XX654 @ EGWC - Preserved at Cosford Air Museum - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • WG760 @ EGWC - WG760, the first of the two prototypes, exceeded the speed of sound in level flight, achieving Mach 1.22 - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XR371 @ EGWC - 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 built, all for the RAF. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • BAPC084 @ EGWC - Mitsubishi Ki-46 'Dinah' - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XX765 @ EGWC - XX765 was withdrawn from RAF service to demonstrate the feasibility of Active Control Technology (ACT), under development by British Aerospace (BAe). The aircraft's normal control rods were replaced with a 'fly-by-wire' (FBW) control system, - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • G-AOVF @ EGWC - 85 Britannias were built and the RAF used twenty-three as long range troop and freight transports. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • WG768 @ EGWC - The SB5 was built to compare theories on the design of the wing and tail configuration of a new fighter, later to be known as the Lightning. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • 204 @ EGWC - Lockheed SP-2H Neptune - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XF926 @ EGWC - Nicknamed 'Flaming Pencil', only two Bristol 188s ever flew, a third being used for ground tests. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • 420430 @ EGWC - The last in a series of twin engined 'destroyers' manufactured by Messerschmitt, the Me410 was used by the Luftwaffe in a variety of roles. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XR220 @ EGWC - Although never developed beyond the prototype stage, the British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 was one of the most exciting and controversial British combat aircraft designs of the 1960s. - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC
  • XP411 @ EGWC - The Argosy was a variant of the civil AW650 freight aircraft. The RAF ordered fifty-six Argosies for use as medium range transport, paratroop and supply aircraft. The prototype flew on 4 March 1961, - by Chris Hall by Chris Hall @ EGWC