Royal Air Force Cosford Museum April 2017 

Here in the States some Brits are bringing an English Electric Lightening back to life. In November they got the engine up for the first time in 35 years. This spring they did a taxi, then chocked the wheels and powered up, promptly setting off alarms in surrounding buildings. I have it on my channel if interested. Hope to get back to the UK and visit some of the museums there.

This shows that the brits are just as proud of their aviation history as we are of ours .

Been here 3 times, and I'm really into the RAF so it's one of my favourite places to visit, like if you have visited also.

Having been born in a Crown Colony, I know many of the Aircraft,,but this is one fantastic collection of WW2 Aircraft also..

Brilliant museum with fantastic collection.

I can remember coming here ages ago with my dad. The Lockheed SP-2H Neptune is the plane that I remembered best from my last trip because back then I didn't know a lot about military planes and it's design just seemed to stick with me.

A very nice video of some very memorable aircraft .... thank you !

I visited Cosford last year for the first , it's a terrific aviation museum to go visit , lots of aircraft variations. One things for sure the British are very good when it comes aviation museums. I have to say that Duxford is in my view the best in europe . But Cosford was superb and well worth the visit . Look forward to going back .

Thanks for sharing a great Museum Cosford, unfortunately the day I went they had a private event on so couldn't access the Comet,. Loved the TSR2.

I have been to Duxford air museum but never been to Cosford looks like I have to go now I know how good it is . Some amazing aircraft types that I. Have never seen up close .

A very comprehensive coverage of this great collection Chris, and Rosie looks so at home in that Cockpit...Excellent work...Regards...Bob

Another great video! Always enjoy a visit to Cosford.

Great video chris,have liked,a great video from Cosford air museum here,very nice shots and sounds,really enjoyed watching this,I've been there twice.its a brilliant museum and a good place to visit,kind regards Josh :)

I was at Cosford as a Boy Entrant when the first museum piece arrived in 1960. It was a Japanese Zero but it doesn't seem to be there still.

My father worked on the TSR2 , saw the plans as a kid. great museum ,well worth a visit.

Yep nice job.. Lots of gems there.. Thanks

Good raw footage no rubbish thanks!

Great video, I was a RAF boy entrant in 1953 stationed at Cosford, the Airfield at that time was surrounded with disused spitfires and Horsa gliders, all being scrapped, word was yo could by a Spitfire for £5, but on my wage of Ten bob a week it was beyond my limit, we did our training on a Lancaster bomber and wellington plus a meteor 1,

Soo many treasures here!

When in the RAF I worked on the SR53 restoring it to museum standard. Its good to see her again, last saw her about 1978! No sign of the mighty VC-10 I worked on for many years XR808 I guess they scrapped it😢

Superb video both...What a great Museum...Some really amazing Planes on display....I bet You enjoyed Your visit here..i would have...Best wishes...Steve.-:)

So many more aircraft than they had in 1960. There were only about five in one hangar and a battered old Shackleton at the end of the runway.

Cosford has a lot of new exhibits courtesy of Hendon relocating iconic aircraft from the Battle Of Britain hall. They've split the display up in order to build Corporate Hospitality areas and a restaurant - that's what I was told by a member of staff at Duxford last weekend. It's saved me a journey anyway, I won't be going to Hendon again.

Wow, an ME-410..? I never realized that any still existed? The Junkers JU-88 would be something to see also. ❤️✈️

When I left school back in Sept. 1961 at 15 years as a Boy Entrant (BE) and our peaked hats had a band around it coloured in orange and dark brown squares (nick named shxt and custard, and once out of training we had a plain colour depicting our trade) and I think that is scrapped now), I joined the RAF for 12 years (1961 - 1975). I went to RAF Cosford for 18 months training (including being back at school again for maths and stuff - sigh), and had lessons for my trade in one of the big hangars, Also there were some WWII aircraft like an ME 210 or 410, Japanese Zero, a few others I can't remember now and able to get up close to them to have a better look at them, and also a VI flying bomb. For the first 6 months it was all learning how to iron shirts, uniforms, clean our boots, sewing on buttons, badges etc., marching on the parade ground learning to march in step etc.,, and if making a mess of things, the DI would give us a 0.303 rife to raise at arms length to run around the parade ground until told to stop, which didn't half put pressure on the arms as the rifle is pretty heavy after a short while.....I know because I had to do it....once and never again! During this time we lived in a row of Nissen Huts, with one coke fired stove to keep the hut warm(ish) for the 30 of us living in it, but after the six months was up, we then moved to the building called the Fulton Block, and two story building again with 30 man rooms, that had to be cleaner than a Hospital, so lots of 'bulling' going on for floors, shoes, brasses like webbing belts, buttons etc., and more comfortable than living at the 'Lines' (Nissan Huts). At the back of the Fulton Block was a long row of air raid shelters covered by grass, and many times we had to start at one end of them, and run as fast as we could over to the other end...can't remember how many now, but about 20(ish). On the bottom of our right sleeve was where we had to sew on a phase stripe, as nothing for a few months, then one, then 2 then 3 stripes for the year, The advantage of this is that we could queue jump which meant no stripes every on could queue jump no further to someone with 1 stripes etc. so when finally you get your third strip you could queue jump every one until you meet a third stripe lad.I see that the aircraft in the museum on display, there is a mix of modern and some wartime fighters of 'ours' and 'theirs' on display, more than back then.. Anyway it is very different now than back then... I was quite fun (sort of) but made some good mates, and then finally training was finished and all gathered into a hangar where we were told our ranks and I got an SAC badge (senior aircraftsman) and got my first posting to RAF Stanbridge Commcenter Leighton Buzzard Commcenter Bedfordshire, as I was a Telegraphist for 1963-1965. Then got posted out to RAF Akrotiri Cyprus for 2.5 years 1965-1967 my first posting abroad. I have fond memories of RAF Stanbridge, but over the years it was defunct, then knocked down and turned into a housing estate, and now I believe it's all gone and a CO-OP built there in 2016, so all gone now... Also I got posted to RAF Hendon, and watched the Museum being built, and also went to the hangars to have a nose around all the aircraft being prepared for display for a couple of years, and that was fun too... Sorry, got a bit carried away there of my memories of Cosford because of this video.....bit would love to visit it now to see all the changes, but that's not going to happen.....😀

My father worked on the Lightning F1 in the 1960’s. He told me the Firestreak missiles had their guidance system cooled with super cooled ammonia! Nasty stuff.

Been many times, but enjoyed that

Amazing to think that until recently the UK actually had an aviation industry instead of museums!

definate one for my next trip out. soonI hope!

The other plane is the high-speed testaircraft Fairey Delta 2. It was the first plane that flys faster than the rotation of the earth at the equator. Bye Hans.

Thank you for not talking and giving an irritating running commentary.

Thanks. Beatiful 👍

Raf Cosford. I was there in 1980

Fascinating 👍✈️🇳🇿

Was there 24th April 2017, we must have just missed each other...

On my next visit to England two must places the RAF museum and the Tank Museum at Bobington

I found the aircraft after a long search in the 2018 documentary as a Bristol 188 high-speed test aircraft.Bye Hans.

Rosie the pilot now ?? ...a great Museum to visit Chris ....a lot of interesting old plans there ....Dave

I went on s school educational trip here, and it was amazing! Definitely recommend for people who are interested in the war

I have been here 3 times

great video

Also notice the seemless consrtuction of the V Bombers and some of the fighters developed in the fifties. Advanced stuff, how were they built?

hi guys! hope you are all staying well in these dark times! had a bit of a crazy idea, once all this has blown over how about those of us who ride motorcycles meet up somewhere maybe York aviation museum (only saying that as it's relatively close to me) then do a tour around the country to all the big aviation museums, ie East Kirkby, Cosford. Hendon, Duxford, and any others I can't think of right now? just thinking of stuff to look forward too! what say you?

10/10.

Making texts that displayed as the aircrafts were presented in this video would have made it more enjoyable to watch. I didn't recognise all of them.

Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t cosford also have one of the last remaining dornier do 17’s

Nice video!

I would like to visit some aviation museums but this virus has everything closed :(

What is that above the Vulcan? I just can’t remember what the aircraft is. Thanks.

Does anyone know that the Avro Lincoln in there had history and rumors of it possibly being haunted by a former pilot of it?

Any one notice the BMW roundal badges under the engine cowling of the German twin engine bomber. Hmm.

Is that a JU88 at 7.30 min ?

Too bad there is no museum on the Warspite. Such a shame

Do you know RAF cosfard airshow is like a church hall to fairford airshow

fine Kamera skills ;)

I find it really sad when machines that are supposed to rumble and shake and vibrate are on the ground but good video.

Looks like the british version of the SR black bird at 2:38!!, in fact ive never see this plane before, anybody know the name of it? It looks like it flies high and fast whatever it is....

Super

i have no understanding of planes whatsoever but that plane with the yellow nose at 6:40 looks sick

Just been there today lmao

What the name of the Planes at 2:24 and 2:40? Bye Hans.

WOW that FW190 it is awesome if kurt tank had invented it before the war we would have lost the battle of Britain no wonder they called it the butcher bird of Bremen

Cold War" Hanger" should be "Hangar".

I LOVE THE GLOSSY PAINTWORK, LIKE NEW.AND GENERALLY EXCELLENT CONDITION AND PRESENTATION, (GIVEN THE SHORTAGE OF SPACE ) OF EVERY EXHIBIT, BUT, WHAT A NATIONAL DISGRACE , THE LOSS OF TSR2, A POTENTIALLY MASSIVE EARNER FOR BRITAIN, SHE WAS WAY WAY AHEAD OF ANY POTENTIAL RIVAL. AN ACT OF NATIONAL SUICIDE.

The only good part of this video is when the W W 2 aircraft were shown ,otherwise boreing.