Cobham Hall - 20/04/2007

Following on from our excellent tour of RNAS Yeovilton, we were met in the FAAM car park by Richard Barlow, who would be our guide for the visit to the FAAM Reservce Collection over the road (literally) at Cobham Hall.

For anyone who's not visited the facility, this really is a must see and IMHO deserves to be a museum in its own right. So many of the exhibits are unique, and the ones that aren't have quite a history behind them.

VV106 - Supermarine 510 - predecessor of the Swift.

VR137 - The only surviving Westland Wyvern anywhere in the world.

Swept-wing Sea Hawk.

XW864 - HRH Prince Andrew's personal Gazelle whilst at 705 NAS.

XN334 - Saro P531.

Z2033 - Fairey Firefly used in spinning trials.

XZ499 - SHAR with kills of an Argentine Dagger and A-4B Skyhawk during the Falklands conflict.

XK488 - Blackburn NA.39 - third prototype for the Buccaneer.

And the rest of the collection present during the visit.

Sincere thanks are extended to Richard for taking the time to give us the tour of this fascinating facility.