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RAF Museum Vickers Wellington Mk.X: Conservation Update – November, 2021

November 4, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Royal Air Force Museum’s ultra-rare Vickers Wellington T.Mk.X (MF628) is nearing the conclusion of its decade-long refurbishment at the organization’s Michael Beetham Conservation Center in Cosford, with the fuselage now beginning to receive its first […]

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RAF Museum Conservation Center Open House – Nov.11th – 16th

November 4, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Royal Air Force Museum’s Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at RAF Museum Cosford in Shropshire, England will be holding an open house during the week of November 11th through 16th. The facility, which is the […]

RAF Museum’s Westland Lysander Returned to Her Former Glory

October 9, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Westland Lysander Mk.III (SD) R9215 has just re-emerged from the Michael Beetham Conservation Center at RAF Museum Cosford. The aircraft is a remarkable survivor, one of just a handful of British-built variants of the type […]

Handley-Page Hampden Fuselage Whole Again at RAF Museum Cosford

October 26, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

*Handley Page Hampden TB Mk.I P1344, under restoration for the past decade or so at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, is making huge steps towards becoming a complete aircraft again. As one of the Museum’s […]

Behind the Scenes at the RAF Museum’s Restoration Center

January 17, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 7

The Royal Air Force Museum, like every major aircraft collection, has its own dedicated restoration and conservation facilities. And like most other museums, their workshops (within the Michael Beetham Conservation Center at RAF Cosford) are […]

RAF Museum Cosford 2018 Events Diary

January 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

RAF Museum Cosford 2018 Events Diary Forthcoming events taking place at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford during 2018: Date Event 9 February 100 Cockpits and Cabs 17 – 23 February Airfix Make […]

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Handley-Page Hampden Resurrection at RAF Museum Cosford

March 14, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 19

Geoff Jones recently visited the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at RAF Museum Cosford on behalf of Warbirds News. We were particularly interested to hear about progress on their Handley Page Hampden TB Mk.I restoration project. Only three partial airframes of the 1430 […]

New Dornier Do-17 Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon

February 18, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

Like most of our readers, Warbirds News followed the RAF Museum’s historic recovery of the sole surviving Dornier Do-17 last June with profound interest. Since then, the renowned “Flying Pencil” has found itself in a […]

Michael Beetham Conservation Centre

RAF Museum Vickers Wellington Mk.X: Conservation Update – November, 2021

RAF Museum Conservation Center Open House – Nov.11th – 16th

RAF Museum’s Westland Lysander Returned to Her Former Glory

Handley-Page Hampden Fuselage Whole Again at RAF Museum Cosford

Behind the Scenes at the RAF Museum’s Restoration Center

RAF Museum Cosford 2018 Events Diary

Handley-Page Hampden Resurrection at RAF Museum Cosford

New Dornier Do-17 Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 229

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

B-17 Alliance Foundation Hosts Fundraiser To Support B-17 Lacey Lady Restoration

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