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so here we are at the RAF the Royal Air
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Force Museum in North London it has over
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100 planes mostly military connections
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such as the Second World War it also has
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a lot of helicopters search-and-rescue
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including one from the Queen's flight
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there are three RAF museums in the UK to
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RAF Cosford in the West Midlands housing
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a huge collection including captured
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enemy aircraft and this one in Colin
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Dale north of London like most museums
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in the UK entry is free the mass turns
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of flight Hall features three main areas
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first is the pioneers Terrace suspended
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from the ceiling are significant and
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pioneering planes you will see planes
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ranging from the early 1900s through to
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the Eurofighter which is 100 years older
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than many of the planes surrounding it
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many of the planes look rickety and
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dangerous by comparison each of the
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planes of the masters of flight Hall has
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a story about its significance in the
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development of flight and flying combat
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each has an information board explaining
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its background in history the hall was
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open to the public on 17th of December
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2003 a century after the Wright brothers
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made the world's first powered flight
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this huge history timeline Ward is
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dedicated to the major steps in in
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downstairs North was today section it
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has a typhoon a Mustang and a German
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Messerschmitt the first jet fighter used
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in battle this small euro fighter flight
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simulator ride is available to
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experienced jet fighter flight for the
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adventurous the milestones of flight
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hall celebrating a central innovation is
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a very impressive haul the bomber Hall
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is a much more somber in dark Hall
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it houses the large lumbering bomber
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planes and their bombs bombers on
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display include a Buccaneer a Vulcan
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burnt-out bombers and the massive famous
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and prized of all the Lancaster bomb
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the historic Hanna's are listed
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buildings part of the old Hendon
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aerodrome areas include wings over water
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whirling rotors the royal family
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Westland Wessex helicopter used to ferry
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the royal family around for 20 years and
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regularly flown and landed here by the
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Duke of Edinburgh himself holds private
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place dot arounded are a multitude of
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helicopters of all shapes sizes and uses
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the other areas in the historic hangars
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are fighters jets and RAF overseas the
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Battle of Britain Hall tells the story
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of the Second World War the series of
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exhibits shows the major players and
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scenes of life in the run-up to the war
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to set the scene for the hall that
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follows it includes an animated Winston
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Churchill giving one of his famous Wars
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future well they all say
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a bomb in addition to display all rooms
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and planes supporting the Allied forces
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convoys in those searching for the
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submarines attacking allied supply feeds
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there is also an audio-visual
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presentation about the battle and huge
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bombing by German forces of London
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including a large statue in memorial to
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finally of course there is the
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inevitable museum gift shop stopped with
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RAF themed gift souvenirs and mementos
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the RAF Museum London is huge over 100
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planes a real must for any fan of
