The purpose of this trip to Cosford was a first visit to the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre, which was open for its twice-yearly viewing period, and a first look at the Cold War Exhibition. Monday was probably not the best time to visit as it appeared to be pensioners’ day and there were a lot of people about.
Interesting seeing some of the airframes in the MBCC that I had only seen in photographs before and listening to the engineers talk about their projects. The one aircraft I had wanted to see was the Single Pioneer (XL703) but the fuselage was in the paint shop and only the wings were on display. Apparently the RAF ‘loaned’ the Royal Air Force of Oman some Single Pioneers when they were in service. This one is being painted up in RAFO markings and will be on ‘loan’ to the RAFO Museum.
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