11 Discover an amazing free day out Both

Both Stand under ‘S for Sugar’, our Lancaster with

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Discover how the Royal Air Force keeps our under its belt
22 skies safe today, has done so in the past and Both
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will do so tomorrow Stand under a Lightning Jet suspended in a
13 vertical flying position in our National Cold COS
33 Discover 100 Years of RAF Stories LDN
LDN War Exhibition
View Sara Waymont’s Diary in our
The RAF
RAF in
in the
an 14 View a 4lb incendiary bomb LDN
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Age of Uncertainty
Uncertainty:exhibition
1980 – Today
Marvel at the TSR2, one of the most exciting
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Marvel at the Bristol 1-88, a high speed 1960s
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experimental stainless-steel jet Enjoy a smile of self-satisfaction when you see
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Discover if you have what it takes to design and the ‘Wow’ on your kid’s faces
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fly your own virtual plane Marvel at the RAF’s first satellite, the original
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Explore our London site with our Aces Family Skynet
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Backpacks Prove you have what it takes to be an RAF pilot
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LDN by testing your skills and co-ordination

Follow Jack the Squadron dog

Dog as
as he
he uncovers
uncovers See Roland Rat and Twinkle Toes the cat in our
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10 secrets of the First World War in a fascinating LDN
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trail 20 Enjoy a hearty picnic in our grounds Both
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11 Take part in our family friendly events BOTH
Both Explore the nose section of a Chinook helicopter
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that served in the Falklands
22 Visit the Museum for a fun-filled family day out Both
Discover how a simple piece of tin foil saved
23 thousands of lives by viewing our Window LDN
Bundle video
 Explore the only place in Great Britain where
24 you can check out the three V Bombers; the COS
Vulcan, Victor and Valiant
Find out how First World War pilots
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invention of electronic communications
See how a jet engine works with our new 3D
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interactive display
Discover how a pair of braces enabled captured
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airmen to escape from behind enemy lines
Sit on our parachute shaped bean-bags whilst
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enjoying a family picnic
Meet Air Dog Oscar whose job is to stop
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smugglers operating in and around Gibraltar
Put yourself in control of a Spitfire aircraft in
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the Fun ‘n’ Flight interactive gallery
Discover the amazing story of Noor Inayat
31 Khan, the Indian Princess who joined the WAAF LDN
and helped the French Resistance in Paris
Take a tour of our Mk XVI Spitfire while sitting See the Vickers Wild Goose Wind Tunnel Model
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in its cockpit (charges apply) 40 developed in 1950. Its swing-wing concept LDN
played a part in future aircraft design
Take a selfie with Francizsek Kornicki, the
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People’s Spitfire Pilot* Get close to a Bedford Green Goddess civil
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defence mobile pump unit
Try on a real RAF Uniform and photograph
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yourself Take part in an RAF mission in RAF: First to the
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Future
Get close to German and Japanese aircraft from
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the Second World War Learn why M.A.D (Mutually Assured
43 Destruction) was truly mad when visiting our COS
Introduce yourself to Sparky McDougall, the National Cold War Exhibition
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Sergeant Discover the world’s most advanced fighter jet,
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the F-35 Lightning II
Fly with the Red Arrows in our 4D Theatre
37 Both See Baron von Richthofen’s Blue Dog - his tiny
(charges apply)
45 glass lucky-charm on display in First World War LDN
Download the RAF Centenary Flypast App and in the Air
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the Museum See a Full Dress Uniform Helmet previously
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worn by the Queen’s Father on his wedding day
View a little tin of webbing paste - the bane of
39 LDN Get close to our suspended Cold War Jets by
many a new RAF recruit 47 COS
visiting our viewing platform 80ft up in the air
* As voted for by members of the public Sept 2017 Decide whether you can cram yourself into the
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we’ve specially created for children
 View General Smuts’ report on air organisation,
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First World War in the Air
Listen to people who worked at RAF Hendon,
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tannoys
Discover the reason why a Goolie Chit is so-
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1980 – Today
See the Space Race played out through a deck
52 of cards while standing in an audio-visual COS
hotspot
Relax outdoors in one of our picnic areas and
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have a good natter with your mates
Enjoy a relaxing drink in the courtyard of
54 Claude’s Café while the children explore its LDN
playground
Discover the Sea King search and rescue
55 helicopter flown by Prince William when he was LDN
a pilot in the RAF
Enjoy a cream-tea with one of our uniquely
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designed cut-in-half tea-pots
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Spot our lucky mascot, Percy the Parachuting aircraft (charges apply)
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Penguin, and take him home from the gift shop
Discover how Lawrence of Arabia saved 100s of
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See the 1:1 scale giant Airfix model of a Spitfire, RAF Pilots from drowning
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built by James May
Listen to American President John Fitzgerald
Learn why it was necessary to fit a Mk 2 63 Kennedy’s speech to the people of Berlin in our COS
59 LDN Berlin Wall audio-visual hotspot
ejection seat to the Gloster Meteor
See the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) Crack codes and gather intelligence to
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technology demonstrator First to the Future
Find a Mini, a Trabant and a Beetle – all classic
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cars from the Cold War era at Cosford
Learn about surveillance equipment during our
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Nimrod Tours (charges apply)
See a Pegasus Engine for use in vertical take-off
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aircraft such as the Kestrel and Harrier
68 View our Taranis Model in RAF: First to the Future LDN
Meet Sir Stephen Hillier, the current Chief of Air
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Staff and Head of the Royal Air Force - twice
Guide a Hercules to the Drop Zone in our Fun ‘n’
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Flight interactive area
 Stand under the mighty Belfast, capable
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Helicopters
See Robbie Stewart’s POW outfit in The RAF in
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an Age of Uncertainty: 1980 – Today
See an altar cross made from an Argentinian
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shell-case in the Falklands Chapel
Have your say on strategic bombing after
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viewing our animated film about its effects
Enjoy a fantastic family day out – whatever the
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weather
Debate the future with family and friends using
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our interactive table in RAF: First to the Future
View the poignant ‘Noon’, an oil painting from
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1919 by Emile Antoine Verpilleux
Check out our Seaplane Tender 206 in Hangar 1,
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built by the British Power Boat Company
Vote for when you think the first holidays in See F-35 Test Pilot Peter Kos’ Flight Suit in
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79 space will take place and see what our visitors LDN RAF : First to the Future
think
Enjoy an invigorating coffee and a
Learn about the people who served their scrumptiously tasty cake in Refuel Restaurant
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80 National Service in the Royal Air Force when COS while you admire the views overlooking
you visit the National Cold War Exhibition Cosford’s airfield
Discover the extraordinary stories of the RAF’s Fly with a Eurofighter Typhoon on the Black
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female pioneers Hawk Simulator (charges apply)
Meet ‘Scotch Jock’ the teddy bear who 90 Visit the world’s oldest Spitfire COS
82 protected his owner Lieutenant W. MacLanachan LDN
throughout the First World War Learn the personal story of 2nd Lt. Kevin
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Furniss, a First World War pilot
View original sketches and notes from the
83 Battle of Mons in our First World War in the Air LDN Download our free digital trails to your
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London site
Get close to a Corgi Folding Motorcycle,
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by parachutists in the Second World War represented in our Wall of Hats

View original film footage showing the Find ‘Donald Duck’ and other pieces of nose art
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Dambusters’ bouncing bomb being tested on aircraft across our site

Learn about Cold War personalities with our 95 See the Fairey Long Range Monoplane model LDN
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touch screen kiosks Wonder at the Leopard 1 West German Battle
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Exhibition
Get up close to the Hercules and VC10 in the
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Museum grounds
Take a photo of the Hawker Siddeley Gnat,
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team
See a Daimler Ferret Scout Car that was used in
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combat conditions
Wonder how we’ve managed to cram so much
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to explore and discover into one amazing day