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Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1972-1993, London, Hangar Six, 1993/0859/A

Designed as a low-level maritime strike aircraft, the Buccaneer was first used by the Royal Navy.

Light pink coloured jet aircraft with nose cone bent back and hinged wing lifted, © RAF Museum

Parker Pen with Stand used by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1972, In Storage, 1993/0371/C

This writing set consisting of a pen, magnetic pen holder and onyx stone base was used by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II to sign the visitors book during the opening of the of the Royal Air Force Museum on 15 November 1972.

Parker Pen with Stand used by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II | 1993/0371/C, My Sport Photos/RAF Museum

Skynet 2B

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1973-1974, London, Hangar One, 79/R/141

Skynet 2B, represented here by this qualification model, was an important advance in military communications satellite technology for the UK when it was introduced in the 1970s.

Silver and gold cylindrical spacecraft two meters long and two meters wide with small conical projection at one end, © RAF Museum

Westland Gazelle HT.3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1973-1996, In Storage, X003-2247

Built 1973 by Westland Helicopters Ltd of Weston-Super Mare in Somerset as a Gazelle HT Mk3, this aircraft is one of 32 Gazelles delivered to the Royal Air Force. Others served with the Army Air Corps and Fleet Air Arm.

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Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1974-2000, In Storage, X003-1094

The Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk 1 was ordered as the standard primary trainer to supersede the De Havilland Chipmunk; it first entered service in April 1973. In all, the RAF received 132 Bulldogs, which equipped the Central Flying School and other units.

Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk 1 on display at RAF Museum Midlands, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

USAF, Type MBU 5/P oxygen mask

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1980, In Storage, X008-9349

Olive green rubber face cup with interior sealing lip and central oxygen inlet pipe incorporating a expiratory valve, microphone mounted centrally above. Has Dymo tape attached to mask which reads PIXTON 22.

USAF, Type MBU 5/P oxygen mask | X008-9349, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

USAF, HGU-26 flying helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1980, In Storage, X008-9348

Glass fibre helmet shell fitted with a twin visor assembly) and receivers for US J-type oxygen mask bayonets. Covered in camouflaged tape.

Camouflaged aircrew flying helmet with attached oxygen mask on a white background., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Eye Patch

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1975-1978, In Storage, X008-9144

Eye patch issued to pilots in the event of dropping a nuclear weapon.

Eye Patch | X008-9144, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Sepecat Jaguar ACT Demonstrator

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1975-JUN 1996, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1996/0168/A

The Active Control Technology (ACT) Jaguar was an analogue airframe modified to be less stable and fitted with fly-by-wire computer technology for trials work. Lessons learned from these trials was used in later aircraft like the EAP and Eurofighter Typhoon. No modern fighter jet today could fly without the use of computers.

SEPECAT Jaguar ACT Demonstrator on display at Cosford, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

General Dynamics F-111F

Aircraft & Exhibits, SEP 1975-OCT 1995, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6734

The F-111 was a two-seater fighter-bomber designed to replace the Republic F-105 Thunderchief in United States Air Force service. The versatile aircraft entered the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1967, and the fighter version was retired in 1996.

Side on view of a General Dynamics F-111F-CF, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / u00a9 RAF Museum

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