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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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RAF Ensign

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1938, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0325/Y

This RAF ensign was carried in a Vickers Wellesley aircraft of the Long Range Development Unit during its non-stop 48-hour flight between Ismailia in Egypt and Darwin in Australia in November 1938.

A light blue ensign in a brown frame, RAF roundel and Union Jack, RAF Museum / RAFM

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