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Pilot's flying log book of Air Vice Marshal Henry Algernon Vickers Hogan, 1937-1943

Archives, In Storage, AC94/2/4

Henry Hogan was a member of the Long Range Development Units, that in December 1938 broke the world non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia, Egypt to Darwin, Australia. The aircraft that Hogan was piloting did not make Darwin, it landed in West Timor being short of fuel.

Pilot's flying log book, Crown

Aircraft recognition training - Javelin

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/37/4

Aircraft recognition training film on the Gloster Javelin fighter aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s various recognition features. Film shows Javelins in the air and on the ground.

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The Deep Blue Sky

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5625

Film on the development of RAF jet aircraft in the 1940s and 1950s, featuring various scenes of Hunter and Javelin fighter aircraft and Canberra, Valiant, Victor and Vulcan bomber aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Andy Green, 16 April 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7398

Interview with Andy Green, who served as an RAF pilot in Phantom and Tornado F3 aircraft and broke the sound barrier on the ground in 1997, driving the purpose-built Thrust-SSC.

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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

Recorded interview with Air Commodore Nigel Wood, 5 May 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5668

Interview with Nigel Wood, who served as a Lightning pilot, as a test pilot and trained for a flight in the Space Shuttle before its cancellation following the Challenger disaster.

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Messerschmitt Me 410A-1-U2

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-DEC 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/A/78

This Me 410 was surrendered to the British in Denmark in May 1945. The history of its service with the Luftwaffe is not entirely clear.

overhead view of twin piston-engined German fighter with grey/blue/black camouflage, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Mikoyan MiG-21PF

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1966-1989, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6783

The MiG-21 was the first Soviet fighter capable of flying faster than twice the speed of sound and is an iconic aircraft of the Cold War years. MiG-21s saw extensive combat action in such diverse conflicts as Vietnam, the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Iran-Iraq War, Afghanistan and Desert Storm.

Mikoyan MiG-21PF | X003-6783, RAF Museum / Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Captain Eric Melrose Brown, 3 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6791

Recorded interview with Eric Brown, who served as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and as a test pilot, working on deck landing and the testing of captured aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Alan Geoffrey Vincent, 14 April 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/010

Alan Vincent completed RAF national service as an operations clerk. He describes his work at RAF Honington, including involvement with aircraft movements and in the context of the Cold War.

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