Midland Air Museum - Coventry UK, pictures

Manonthefence · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:37 pm

Sent to Coventry!

A quick trip to the wonderful Midland Air Museum to get used to a new toy.
To start with the Boulton Paul BP .111a, this was a Delta Wing research aircraft from the 1950s

On with the rest of the museum. I was playing with a monopod to get those "way up a ladder" shots. Rule number 1, always make sure everything is tightened. That said I like the angle

Mig Killer ex BDRT at Upper Heyford and Fairford

ww2John · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:52 pm

Nick,
As always, Great Pix...and your commentary always cracks me up.
Thanks for showing some types less common on "this side of the pond".
John

corsair166b · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:02 pm

Nice stuff, Nick....a friend of mine ran me by there real quick like once in 2001, got some shots of the planes and the airport cat, who seems to be missing from your pics....a long haired white, black and gold fellow he was....it was an interesting place, but we had to be on our way back to Tamworth so I only got about 5 minutes there...

Mark

Manonthefence · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:54 pm

Mark

5 hours isnt enough let alone 5 minutes. No sign of the cat I'm afraid.

airnutz · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:25 pm

Thanks for the pics MOTF. Oh, BTW, the Texas sticker on the Dove is all wrong! I thought ya'll were picky about the details over there?

DB2 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:02 pm

Great photos, and while most aircraft look to be well-maintained, why is the Mig-21 inside, while the BP, Prentice and Sea Vixen are outside? Is the Mig just being detailed?

No offense, but unless it has some special history, Mig-21s are (literally) a dime a dozen, while the other types are quite rare.

cozmo · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:12 pm

Those are nice pictures, thanks.

JDK · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:48 am

Nice pics Nick.

The F-86 is also quite rare the split-screen 'A' model, IIRC.

Connery · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:16 pm

Manonthefence wrote:

Sent to Coventry!
Mig Killer ex BDRT at Upper Heyford and Fairford

Pretty cool to see that airframe again. Here's a shot of me sitting in it during one of the Upper Heyford airshows when I was stationed over there in the late 80's

Manonthefence · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:40 pm

Connery

Are you sure its the same one? This one is ex Oregon ANG and was in a grey colour scheme (with Oregon ANG marks) when she arrived at Coventry.

Thanks for all the comments chaps

Connery · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:43 pm

Pretty sure, as the other airframe they had for BDRT at the time was an F-105. I have pics of it too. By this time though it had been cleaned up and repainted, so it's a good chance that by the time UH closed they had repainted the F-4 as well.

Manonthefence · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:37 am

I have my doubts but hey, its still a lovely aircraft kept in great condition. Especially so as its always outside.

Firebird · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:26 pm

Manonthefence wrote:

Connery

Are you sure its the same one? This one is ex Oregon ANG and was in a grey colour scheme (with Oregon ANG marks) when she arrived at Coventry.

This was taken in 1992 at Upper Heyford, showing it's fading Oregon ANG markings.

Jens Erik · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:28 am

I see they've got one of our old Starfighters.
Probably one from the airbase at Aalborg.

Connery · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:07 pm

Firebird wrote:

Manonthefence wrote:

Connery

Are you sure its the same one? This one is ex Oregon ANG and was in a grey colour scheme (with Oregon ANG marks) when she arrived at Coventry.

This was taken in 1992 at Upper Heyford, showing it's fading Oregon ANG markings.

Definitely not the same one then. I've also found another photo showing "449" on the nosewheel door. 699 must have shown up after I left in '89. But you are right, it's still nice to see the airframe taken care of.

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