National Museum of Flight - East Fortune

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wallace
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National Museum of Flight - East Fortune

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I realised that I had not been to east Fortune in a very long time, so I rectified that last weekend.
There's a quirk at the museum where you need a permit to use a tripod (tripod=professional,) so I used the median Stack, where I mounted the camera on a monopod, set a high ISO on the camera and gave my new 14mm lens a good run for my money.
Here's a selection of pictures.

The big yellow Bolingbroke
Image9940 Bolingbroke, East Fortune by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

The fuselage of a Spartan Cruiser
ImageG-ACYK Spartan Cruiser, East Fortune by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

The King-Air of its day
ImageG-ANOV Dove, East Fortune by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Ferranti's long-nosed Meteor
ImageG-ARCX Meteor, East Fortune 2 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

The Mighty SUG, which holds a special place in a lot of Glasgow Spotters hearts...of a certain age
ImageG-ASUG Beech 18, East Fortune 2 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

The Museum's Spitfire
ImageTE462 Spitfire, East Fortune by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

One of my old Strathallan friends
ImageVH-SNB Dragon, East Fortune by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

A different view of the Anson
ImageVM360 Anson, East Fortune by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Cold War Warriors
ImageZE934 Tornado, East Fortune. 2jpg by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr


The really sad thing was very little had changed since my last visit since my last visit in 2016 and that was a Red Arrows Hawk. They don't do progress all that well.

nuuumannn
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Re: National Museum of Flight - East Fortune

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Nice to see, yes, not much has changed, mind you, before the arrival of the Concorde, things hadn't changed much at all in years. It would be nice to see some of the aircraft in store rotated, like the Fieseler Storch (MS.505) and the Buccaneer. Also, has any progress been made on the Viscount? Much potential in this collection, but it seems that the museum has gotten its big injection of funds and assistance from Chambers Street and stopped...

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