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Flying Trousers, Long Range Development Unit, RAF

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0328/U

These flying trousers were produced for the RAF’s Long Range Development Unit whose Vickers Wellesleys set a long-distance flight record flying direct from Egypt to Australia in November 1938.

Flying Trousers, Long Range Development Unit, RAF | 1994/0328/U, © RAF Museum

Flying Jacket Liner, Long Range Development Unit, RAF

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0329/U

This flying jacket liner was produced for the RAF’s Long Range Development Unit whose Vickers Wellesleys set a long-distance flight record flying direct from Egypt to Australia in November 1938.

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Flying Jacket, Long Range Development Unit RAF

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0327/U

This flying jacket was produced for the RAF’s Long Range Development Unit whose Vickers Wellesleys set a long-distance flight record flying direct from Egypt to Australia in November 1938.

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Parachute Release Handle

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 79/S/152

Squadron Leader Henry Hogan was the Commanding Officer of No. 501 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, 1940.

Rectangular chrome handle with trailing metal wire, © RAF Museum

FAI, England-Australia Record Flight, 1938

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X005-8233

The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI) Henry De La Vaulx prize awarded to Flight Sergeant Thomas David Dixon a wireless operator on the Royal Air Force’s attempt to establish a new long-distance non-stop record flight in 1938

Rectangular plaque with eagle looking at aeroplane and balloon above inscription FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE PRIX, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Heliograph

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0323/I

A heliograph can be used to send morse coded messages using a mirror to reflect flashes of sunlight. They were carried in survival kits on board RAF aircraft in the 1930s.

Heliograph | 1994/0323/I, IAIN DUNCAN / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Fédération Aéronatique Internationale Medallion, England to Australia Record Flight, 1938

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1994/0364/C

Fédération Aéronatique Internationale Medallion awarded to Flight Lieutenant Henry Hogan, pilot of one of three Vickers Wellesley bombers which took part in an attempt to establish a non-stop world record flight from Egypt to Australia in 1938

Rectangular silver plaque in presentation box lined with green silk and velvet., IAIN DUNCAN