September 2020

Exercising ‘The Dog’

Exercising ‘The Dog’

Exercising ‘The Dog’ John Self recalls his RAF days with the Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile. For more than three years I worked on the Bloodhound Mk 2 missile system in the RAF: first with training at RAF Newton, then a bit of hands-on experience at RAF North Coates before a posting to an Australian base […]

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Autumnal + More Open Dates

Autumnal + More Open Dates

Autumnal … The three Sundays that we have opened so far at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum have been very warm and pleasant. This has been quite lucky as we now have to man the gate to ensure that we don’t exceed the numbers allowed on site. A quick look at the forecast for

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Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft Carrier … On Sunday the 20th September, the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum had a visit from Ian Driver and his wife. Their good friend Arthur Howes is now residing in a nursing home and he wanted his model of HMS Tracker, a World War II aircraft carrier, to be donated to the museum.

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