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London’s Royal Air Force Museum. Royal Air Force, three words charged with history. Today, Britain has two museums dedicated to its air force. At one of the them, located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, a few miles north of London, you can visit and admire one of the most impressive collections of aircraft in Europe, which contains over one hundred aircraft ! Come take a look… Royal Air Force, three words charged with history and a reputation that has long since gone far beyond the Channel coast. Today, Britain has not one, but two museums dedicated to its air force. At one of them, located on the former Hendon Aerodrome a few miles north of London, you can visit and admire one of the most impressive collections of aircraft in Europe, which contains over one hundred aircraft housed in five separate hangars or buildings. Even before the museum was opened in 1972 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the site was and has always been linked to aviation. David Kean / ALREADY TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH Historian , RAF Museum "This is one of the places in Britain where aviation began . All started in 1910 when Claude Grahame -White has partnered with another pioneer Louis Bleriot to form the airport here in London. Ca was first the first aircraft factory in the UK but it was also an airfield. thus attended many flight demonstrations , air show and aerobatic flights of any kind as well as the manufacturing aircraft." From the Bleriot II to the Phantom, through to the iconic British Spitfire, hero of the Battle of Britain; from the Messerschmit to the Eurofighter 2000 then on to the impressive Lancaster bomber which, under the reign of His Majesty George VI, became famous for its raids on Germany, and in particular those of the Dambusters during the second world war; aviation and the British Royal Air Force since its inception, is well represented here. Most of the aircraft have come out of mothballs from RAF storage depots, but some have been donated or simply rediscovered, sometimes on the ocean floor. This Handley Page Halifax II ( shown here ), for example, was recovered from the bottom of a Swedish lake in the 70’s following an unsuccessful raid, many years before, on the battleship Tirpitz in 1942. Half a million visitors, including 40,000 school children, come here every year, admission free, to one of the two RAF museums open every day of the week. A success which is mainly due to the special relationship the British still have with their air force. Peter Elliott / ALREADY TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH Director of Archives, RAF Museum " During World War II , the public did not attend the battles of the army , he could not see the Navy go hunting submarines or German ships . But against the population could see the RAF in action during the Battle of Britain just above their heads literally or bombers who left attack Germany; and this seems to have brought the public in the Royal Air Force."
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London’s Royal Air Force Museum

04/11/2013

Royal Air Force, three words charged with history. Today, Britain has two museums dedicated to its air force. At one of the them, located a few miles north of London, you can visit and admire one of the most impressive collections of aircraft in Europe, which contains over one hundred aircraft ! Come take a look…

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