RAF Museum Cosford 2009

Aircraft	Reg'n	Thumbs	Notes
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C1	XP411 8442M
Auster T7 Antarctic	WE600		One of two Austers converted for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1956
Avro 707C	WZ744		The 707 was Britain's first delta-winged aircraft - a proof-of-concept for the Vulcan. The sole C model was the only two-seater.
Avro Anson C19	TX214 7817M
Avro Vulcan B2	XM598 8778M		This aircraft bombed Stanley Airport on 1st May 1982.
Bristol 188	XF926		Stainless steel high speed testbed, but high fuel consumption meant that it was never able to prove its potential, and Concorde stuck with aluminium. Highest speed attained was Mach 1.88
Bristol Britannia 312	G-AOVF "XM497"		Ex BOAC
CASA 352L (Junkers Ju-52)	"G-AFAP"		Ex Spanish Air Force T.2B-272. Never a British Airways plane.
De Havilland DH-104 Devon C2	VP952
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1XB	G-APAS		Ex F-BGNZ and XM823 - never a BOAC aircraft.
Douglas C-47B (DC-3) Dakota	KN645
English Electric P1A	WG760		The first prototype - world's first supersonic aircraft in level flight - 11th August 1954.
English Electric P1B	XG337		Last of the Development Batch of 20 pre-production aircraft. Some sources say they should be called the F1, but they were only employed in the test program.
Fairchild Argus Mk1	FS628		Ex G-AIZE
Fairey Delta FD-2	WG777		Second of the two FD-2 supersonic research aircraft built. The first, and main record-breaker, was converted to the BAC-221, now at Yeovilton.
Gloster Meteor F8 Prone Pilot testbed	WK935		Imagine lying on your stomach and looking forwards and all around for hours, while working all the controls - never worked and was never flown solo from the prone cockpit.
Gloster Meteor NF14	WS843
Hawker Cygnet	G-EBMB		Sidney Camm's first design for Hawker - very successful in light aeroplane contests in the mid-1920's.
Hawker Hunter T7A	XL568 X
Hawker Siddeley Andover E3A	XS639		Flight calibration version
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1	XR977		A genuine Red Arrows aircraft
Hunting H-126	XN714		Jet flap research aircraft - note the number of jet exhausts everywhere - very complex ducting, but could fly at 32mph.
Hunting Percival P-84 Jet Provost T1	XD674
Percival P-56 Provost T1	7606M WV562
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1	XX654
Sepecat Jaguar GR3A ACT	XX765		ACT = Active Control Technology: BAe's fly-by-wire development aircraft. Note the leading-edge root extensions.
Short SB-5	WG768		RAE's testbed for Lightning low- speed aerodynamics was fitted with wings swept at different angles, and low or high mounted tailplane, to try to prove that the design of the P1 was wrong - in fact it proved it was spot-on!
Supermarine Spitfire 1A	K9942 SD-D		Battle of Britain survivor - the world's oldest Spitfire
Vickers Valiant BK1	XD818		This aircraft dropped the UK's first hydrogen bomb near Christmas Island in May 1957.
Vickers Varsity T1	WL679
Westland Dragonfly HR5 (WS-51)	"G-AJOV"		BEA livery. Ex WP495