The RAF Aerospace Museum Cosford

1979 guidebook of the Royal Air Force Aerospace Museum Cosford, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands. The badge on the cover of the guidebook depicts a pterodactyl, the earliest flying machine, on a Royal Air Force roundel

In 1974 16 retired aircraft earmarked for Royal Air Force Museum Hendon were in storage at RAF Cosford and a decision was made to open the hanger to the public one day a month for seven months starting 7th April. By1979 the Royal Air Force Aerospace Museum, Cosford consisted of a 140-acre site with picnic and car park areas and had a collection of 40 aircraft along with rockets, missiles, engines and models