2. Aircraft

IWM Duxford

Ross and I had a superb day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford 20 odd years after our first visit. The sound of warbirds flying all day just added to the atmosphere. The vehicles in the Land Warfare building are in the Military Vehicles folder. 10/5/2022
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    This was the fourth TSR-2 on the production line but unlike its three predecessors was not completed. Following cancellation, the aircraft was lent to the Cranfield Institute of Technology to be used in connection with postgraduate teaching. The Ministry of Defence gave it to the Imperial War Museum in 1977, then it was moved to Duxford in March 1978.
    Possibly the most successful product to emege from the Westland factory at Yeovil is the Wessex. It served for forty years from 1961and its standard duties included anti-submarine operations and search and rescue, but they were also very well suited in the general 'workhorse' transport role. XS863 is a HAS1 variant and entered service in 1965 and served onboard numerous ships included HMS Hermes. It last flew on 8th December 1980.
    Hanging from the roof is a De Havilland Dove 6 G-ALFU. It was designed as a short haul airliner which first flew on 25 September 1945. 544 were built between 1946 and 1967. It was powered by a pair of de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk.3 engines. It had a crew of two and could carry eight passengers.