English Electric Lightening Reference Photos

 The visit to the Newark Air Museum has spurred me on to complete some old Jet kits and a few new ones. I have taken a number of reference shots for my next build of a English Electric Lightening 

Newark Air Museum

  We are in Nottinghamshire for the weekend to attend Partizan, so visits to various museums in the area is always on the cards. First up was Newark Air Museum, what a great space and some excellent predominately modern aircraft display. The shop was also well stocked with kits at a very reasonable prices. 

Cheers 

Matt

Visit to Musée de l’Air et espace

 I had a change to visit with one of my Australian mates several museums in Paris. One museum that I had never visited before is the musee de l’air. 

Some great displays of ww2, Cold War and modern aircraft and helicopters. Enjoy the pics guys

The best display by far was for ww2 was the Régiment de Chasse Normandie-Niémen, flying Yak3,5 and 9. The squadron, which served on the Eastern Front of the European theatre of World War II with the 1st Air Army, is notable as one of only three units from Western Allied countries to see combat on the Eastern Front during the war and was the only Western Allied unit which fought with Soviet forces until the end of the war in Europe.

Yak3 of the Normandie Niemen squadron

Tail of the Yak 3

Roundel Normandie Niemen 

Ww2 Hall

A nice number of aircraft in the hall the majority serving in the French armee d’Air or flown by French pilots. Only the one German aircraft there, would loved to have seen a French bomber but not to be….

Cold War beauties 

Lots of Cold War French, German, Warpac and Swedish aircraft on display