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Over 100 airplanes across the decades, including helicopters, the Royal Flight, Bombers and Battle of Britain. My video tour shows the main halls and many of the planes, along with my commentary and observations. For more visit the site: http://www.tipsfortravellers.com
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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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open to the public
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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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aviation
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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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the men involved
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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
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