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Liquid Oxygen Replenishment Ground Servicing Trolley

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1961-Circa 1994, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1996/0218/V

A 75 litre capacity liquid oxygen trolley, complete with double walled transfer hose. Four rubber tyred wheels with towing/steering arm at front. Control valves at rear and dials at right hand rear. Insulated cylindrical aluminium tank at front; troughing to accommodate transfer hose above.

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Alvis 6X6 Fire Crash Tender 5 ton Mk 6B

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1956-1978, London, Hangar Three/Four, 78/V/1178

Large 6 X 6 Fire crash tender with box body and cab roof mounted foam monitor.

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Hawker Hunter FGA9

Aircraft & Exhibits, OCT 1956-OCT 1985, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1990/0698/A

The Hunter was the first high-speed jet fighter with radar and fully-powered flying controls to go into widespread service with the Royal Air Force. It was one of the most successful of the British post-war jet fighters; over 1000 were purchased by the Royal Air Force. Entering service in July 1954 it became the Royal Air Force’s standard single-seat fighter, replacing Meteor, Sabre and Venom aircraft. From 1960 Lightnings began to supersede the Hunter in Fighter Command.

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Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1958-FEB 1969, London, Hangar Three/Four, 69/A/217

Known as the ‘Twin Pin’, the Twin Pioneer was a follow-up to the same company’s single-engined short take-off and landing (STOL) transport, the Pioneer, and like the latter required an area only 30m (99ft) by 275m (902ft) in which to operate. The Twin Pioneer was initially designed as a 16-passenger civil transport aircraft and first flew in June 1955. Following the success of the Pioneer, the RAF ordered 39 of the new type, the first examples entering service in October 1958 with No.78 Squadron in Aden, air-lifting troops and supplies in the Protectorate.

Twin-engined aircraft with brown/sand desert camouflage scheme and black underside., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) 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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Royal Small Arms Factory Aden 30mm Cannon

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960-1990, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1992/0238/O

Aircraft cannon, fitted internally to Lightning F6 aircraft.

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Royal Small Arms Factory Aden 30mm Cannon

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960-1990, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1992/0237/O

Aircraft cannon, fitted internally to Lightning F6 aircraft.

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Westland Belvedere HC1

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1962-AUG 1969, London, Hangar Three/Four, 74/A/15

The Belvedere was the Royal Air Force’s first twin engined, twin rotor helicopter to enter service. During its operational service Great Britain began the slow and sometimes painful task of withdrawing from its Empire and this aircraft was involved in many of those operations in the Middle and Far East.

Twin-rotor helicopter, green/grey camouflage with lighter underside, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Mk 57 / B57 Tactical Nuclear Depth Bomb

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1963-1980, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1994/0135/O

Training version of US tactical nuclear bomb as used by RAF 1960s/70s. Cigar-shaped bomb body with four fixed stabilising fins at rear. Fixed and folding suspension lugs at top of the bomb, pre-flight selection panel on side of bomb mid way along the body.

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Red Top Missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1964-1988, London, Hangar Three/Four, X001-3490

Short range infra-red homing Air-Air Missile with four triangular tail fins and infra-red detector eye. Trolley mounted.

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