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Hawker-Siddeley Dominie T1

Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 1964-JAN 2011, Cosford, External Display, X005-5915

The Dominie advanced navigation trainer saw long service with the RAF. It was the first jet-powered navigation trainer designed specifically for such a purpose to enter service with the Royal Air Force.

Small black-painted aircraft with two jet engines in nacelles to rear of fuselage, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Air Commodore Richard S Peacock-Edwards, 3 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/009

Rick Peacock-Edwards was a Lightning pilot in Germany, flew Phantoms in the UK and commanded the Tornado F.2 and F.3 conversion unit. He also deployed to the Gulf in 1990.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander John Michael Bryant, 15 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/014

Recorded interview with John Bryant, who served as a radar fitter on Lightnings and as a pilot in Lightning and Jaguar aircraft. He discusses various aspects of operations in each.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Peter Augustus Clee, 9 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/011

Recorded interview with Peter Clee, who served as a pilot in Hunter and Lightning aircraft. He was also an instructor on Vampires at Linton-on-Ouse and flew Dominies at RAF Finningley.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Martin Mayer, 17 August 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3309

Martin Mayer describes his experience as a pilot in Whirlwind, Puma, Wessex and Chinook helicopters, as an instructor and as a test pilot in various aircraft types at Boscombe Down.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Christopher Finn, 20 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3379

Recorded interview with Chris Finn, who served as a navigator in Buccaneer aircraft with the Royal Navy and RAF, as a navigation instructor and as RAF Director of Defence Studies.

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Scottish Aviation Jetstream T Mk 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-3610

The Jetstream served as the RAF’s standard multi-engined pilot trainer for many years, and was the last aircraft of Handley Page design in RAF service, though a few still fly with the Royal Navy.

Small twin-turboprop aircraft with red and white fuselage., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Wing Commander David Castle, 15 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4771

Interview with David Castle, who served as a navigator in Vulcan aircraft during the 1982 Falklands War, including Operation Black Buck, and in Buccaneer aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Adam Robinson, 1 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3397

Recorded interview with Adam Robinson, who served as a navigator in Tornado GR1 aircraft, including operations during the 1991 Gulf War, and in Chinook helicopters during the 1990s and 2000s.

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Recorded interview with Chief Technician Thomas Joseph Kinsella, 17 February 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3352

Tom Kinsella was an airframe fitter, working on Jet Provost, Beverley, Andover, Vulcan, Wessex and Chinook aircraft. He led Chinook Bravo November’s servicing and maintenance team during the Falklands War.

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