AAC Museum at Middle Wallop, December 2017

[tommc]

A last trip out for 2017 to take a look at the AAC Museum at Middle Wallop. It had been a few years since my last visit, and I'd forgotten how cramped and dark it was in places. Also, the high windows in some places made for strong back-lighting to some of the suspended exhibits. Overall an enjoyable visit with some excellently preserved exhibits.


Ex USAR AH-1 Cobra 70-15990


Captured Argentinean UH-1 AE-409


Horsa unloading display


Sopwith Pup


A very rare Prospector, but NOT actually XM819!


Magister T9708


A bit more colour with the Chipmunk, WG432


Auster WJ358 is one of the suspended aircraft


Auster WZ721


Tiny Skeeter XL813


Unusual colour schemed Beaver XP821


Sioux XT108


Pre-production Lynx XX153


Gazelle ZA737

[chrisward123]

Brilliant shots.

[Rotörhead]

Nice, been a while since I went inside there

[paddyboy]

Hi Tom

Great shots there

Drove past it on the way to hols last year but didn't have the time to linger

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Stan]

Nice set. Popped in there earlier in the year; sadly my pics were lost when the lappy was whizzed out of the boot a few months later.

[Amp]

Hi, I concur, very nice set. As above, I have not been for a while (maybe 20 years?). It would be useful to repost this set in the spring as a jogger to remind a few of us to get down there!

[POL]

It would be useful to repost this set in the spring as a jogger to remind a few of us to get down there!

If you need a reason... https://auster80.co.uk/

[jetnoise]

Nice set. Must get down there sometime. It's quite a while since I was last at "Wallop" (anyone remember the "heli" shows in the 1980s?).
The white Beaver is the one that used to be based at the British Embassy in Cairo. I saw in it storage at Shawbury in March 1983 - yipes 34 years ago!)