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Percival Provost T.1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1954-1979, Cosford, Hangar Four, 84/A/1184

Adopted as the RAF’s basic trainer in 1953, the Provost T.1 remained in service in that role until replaced by a development of the design, the Jet Provost, in 1961.

Grey painted metal single engine monoplane, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Sonobuoy Type 11514 Mk. 1C

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1965-Circa 1971, London, Hangar Three/Four, 71/R/428

Cylindrical air dropped sonobuoy. Black at one end, containing the transmission equipment; other half, the flotation chamber, painted orange with the parachute pack mounted outside at this end also. Twin light covers one one side.

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Hispano 20mm Cannon Mk V

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1950-1967, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/O/659

20mm aircraft cannon; one of a pair mounted in the Bristol type B.17 turret.

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Hispano 20mm Cannon Mk V

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1950-1967, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/O/658

20mm aircraft cannon; One of a pair mounted in the Bristol type B.17 turret.

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Bristol Turret Type B.17, Mk. 6

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1967, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/O/653

Power operated dorsal turret as fitted to Lincoln and early Shackleton aircraft mounting two Hispano Mk V 20mm cannon. Mounted on turret servicing stand.

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de Havilland Ghost 50

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1950-Circa 1960, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/E/1100

The Ghost was the second jet engine to be produced by de Haviland, and was a scaled up version of the earlier Goblin. Ghosts equipped aircraft types including the de Havilland Vampire and Comet.

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Rolls-Royce Derwent 5

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1946-1968, Cosford, Hangar Three, 68/E/713

Gas turbine engine as used on Gloster Meteor Mk IV jet fighter. Sectioned and mounted on stand.

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Junkers Jumo 004 B-1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/E/1138

Part sectioned German Axial flow turbojet of the Second World War. R

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de Havilland Spectre

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1960, Cosford, Hangar Three, 70/E/472

The Spectre was a rocket engine designed to equip combined rocket-jet interceptor aircraft, such as the SR.53 and the proposed SR.177. It ran on a combination of kerosene and hydrogen peroxide.

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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