Science Museum London 9th Feb 2009 - pics

[Manonthefence]

Science Museum London 9th Feb 2009

A few shots from a visit to the Science Museum in London a couple of weeks ago. As always I made a bee line to the Flight Hall. Its a treasure trove of one of a kind and record breaking aircraft.

The Bleriot based J.A.P-Harding (forum software wouldnt let me write the first 3 letters without periods in between )


The one and only surviving Fokker E.III


SE.5A is its post WW1 sign-writing guise, its the sister aircraft of the Shuttleworth example.


Roe Triplane, the second built and flown just over 100 years ago.


Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy


Amy Johnson's Moth, Jason.


The last surviving "ragwing" Hurricane


Spitfire 1A


Gloster E.28/39


Hawker P.1127


The 1931 Schneider winning S.6B


The pre moon landing mission Apollo 10 command module. Obama says...no!


Finally, the only Steam Engine I will ever get remotely interested in, the Daddy. Stephenson's Rocket!


(a bit of corrosion!)


Always a favourite of mine since I went on a School trip in the 70s, to do the whole museum properly would take a couple of days

[Pat Carry]

Frickin nice! I really enjoy that old steam engine. Neat stuff.

[Pogo]

Yes, THANKS for the post!

Said the budding maker of wooden propellers ...... check that Roe out!

[Cking]

Did you find the lighting "challenging"?
I gave up trying to take usable pictures in the flight gallery as the lighting was awful!! I also found that the way they have displayed the engines bad too. Piled up in stands, floor to ceiling against the windows! Not only can't you get "Up close and personal" they end up silhouetted against the sky.

Rgds Cking

[Manonthefence]

Its certainly interesting. I used a Gorilla wrapped around the walkway handrail to get steady shots. I agree about the lighting, its sometimes better to go after dark in winter.

[bdk]

I used a Gorilla wrapped around the walkway handrail to get steady shots.

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My wife won't even let me get a goldfish!

Is Gorilla a brand name or what?

[Manonthefence]

Gorillapod

[JDK]

I had a vision, there, of Nick wandering around with a gorilla whopping the annoying children in Nick's way in the museum.

As Nick's touched on (and shown in his great pics) the Science Museum is probably the second most important collection or truly historic original aircraft in the world after the Smithsonian - a sister science museum.

Thanks for the re-view!

Regards,

[mustangdriver]

Very cool collection. Is that the original brown Vickers? Very cool.

[bdk]

Gorillapod

Thanks Nick! They are resonably priced as well. A great idea.

[maradamx3]

Aren't these exhibits on the 6th floor (top floor) of the museum?