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Rolls-Royce Kestrel IB

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1929-1968, London, Hangar Three/Four, 68/E/186

The Rolls-Royce Kestrel V-12 succeeded the Napier Lion as the most used aircraft engine. When fitted in the Hawker Hart it produced a bomber that was faster than fighter aircraft at the time.

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Bristol Jupiter VIIIF.P

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1931-1967, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/E/974

The nine-cylinder radial Bristol Jupiter engine was designed by Sir Roy Fedden and Leonard Butler. Many of these popular engines were built overseas. This version of the Jupiter was fitted to Westland Wapitis, forerunners of Westland Wallaces.

Bristol Jupiter VIIIF.P | 67/E/974, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Bristol Pegasus I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1934-1973, London, Hangar Three/Four, 73/E/1111

Medium supercharged, poppet valve, left hand tractor drive, nine cylinder single row, air cooled 620hp radial aero engine. Sectioned.

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Hawker Hart Trainer

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1935-SEP 1943, In Storage, 71/A/1415

This aircraft was built in 1935 by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. After a brief flying career with No. 2 Flying Training School, it was placed in storage in 1938.

Yellow-coloured bi-plane aircraft with RAF roundels, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

De Havilland Goblin 35

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/E/905

The Goblin engine, designed by Frank Halford, and the first jet engine to be produced by de Havilland. Goblins equipped some variants of the Gloster Meteor as well as the de Havilland Vampire.

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Slingsby Type 31 Tandem Tutor

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1996, London, Hangar Five, X003-7970

Twin (tandem) seat high-wing basic training glider of wood and fabric construction.

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Part-time National Service in the RAF Reserve (Class H) and voluntary service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force or the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in lieu of part-time National Service

Library, JAN 1957, In Storage, X005-7786

5th edition of Air Ministry Pamphlet 273 ‘Part-time National Service in the R.A.F. Reserve (Class H): And voluntary service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force or the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in lieu of part-time National Service’. Issued by the Air Ministry January 1957

Cream coloured page with black text and RAF emblem of a circle surmounted by a crown and flying bird in centre, Royal Air Force Museum

Recorded interview with Air Commodore Peter Hodgson, 4 December 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/010

Peter Hodgson flew Lightnings, F-15s with the United States Air Force, Phantoms and Tornado F.3 aircraft. He also served in staff roles in the Falkland Islands and in the UK.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander John Anthony Ward, 3 February 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6790/016

John Ward flew Lightning aircraft in the UK and Cyprus, and as an instructor. He flew F106 aircraft in the United States. He supported Falklands War and Gulf War operations.

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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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