North East Land, Sea & Air Museum (NELSAM) - Usworth

[Nateb Soots58]

Thought i would give the local Air Museum a long overdue visit. Appears lots of restoration work on-going in the small hangars. A number of the outside exhibits have seen better days. They are currently working on the starboard wing of the Vulcan hence the scaffolding.

XL319 AVRO VULCAN B.2 by Iain Scott, on Flickr

'XS933' (ZF945) EE LIGHTNING F.53 by Iain Scott, on Flickr

WJ939 - EE CANBERRA TT.18 by Iain Scott, on Flickr

42157 - NA F-100 SABRE by Iain Scott, on Flickr

XM833 - WS. WESSEX HAS.3 by Iain Scott, on Flickr

XM555 SARO SKEETER AOP.12 by Iain Scott, on Flickr

26541 - R. F84F THUNDERSTREAK by Iain Scott, on Flickr

E-419 - H. HUNTER F51 by Iain Scott, on Flickr

146 / 8-MC - D MYSTERE IVA by Iain Scott, on Flickr

51-6171 NA F86D SABRE by Iain Scott, on Flickr

A-522 - FMA PUCARA by Iain Scott, on Flickr

[paddyboy]

Hi Iain

Well worth a look, IMHO, just like your pics

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[jag636]

Echo the above we visited last year on the way back from hadrians wall and it was well worth the visit, I find the grass roots preservation museums the best as they show the hard work put in to getting the exhibits and the work in keeping them in a condition that shows care. My only regret is that they don't get the local assistance from local people most of the time and thats reflected in not j6st this museum but others up and down the land, and not just in this genre but others as well.