Shropshire Star

Aircraft fans clamber into cockpits at RAF Museum Cosford event

Aviation fans headed to the RAF Museum in Cosford to take a look inside the cockpits of some of the world’s most iconic planes.

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Konrad and Cheryl Scutt pictured with son Travis, 10, in the cockpit of a Short Belfast

The event on Saturday was the third of four 100 Cockpits and Cabs events to take place.

Visitors had a chance to get a closer look inside aircraft and vehicles from the museum’s collection including the Valiant, one third of Britain’s V-Bomber force.

Ian Keogh sits in a Russian Armoured Carrier

The Valiant was the first of Bomber Command’s V class aircraft and established Britain’s air-borne nuclear deterrent force before pioneering operational in-flight refuelling in the Royal Air Force.

It was the first V-Bomber to enter service and was also the first to drop an operational British nuclear weapon over Christmas Island in 1957. The event focused on aircraft and vehicles from the National Cold War Exhibition and the transport and training collection in Hangar 1.

The event also saw Hanger 1 opened, including the Landrover Series 1 and de Havilland Devon, Hawker Siddeley Andover E3A, as well as the Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk 1.

Volunteers were on hand next to each aircraft to answer questions.