Aviation Museums of the World - Hendon (London) Air Museum

Aviation Museums of the World - Hendon (London) Air Museum - Travel Guide

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Following on from my last video on the series of Air Museums of the World, this video looks at one of the two Royal Air Force museums in the UK
Located at Colindale in North London, the museum focuses on displaying aircraft that shaped the last 100 years of the Royal Air Force; from the biplanes of World War 1 to the fast jets of the 1980's and 1990's
Join me for a tour around some of the aircraft exhibited at this large air museum complex!
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Hendon Air Base
01:29 - Hangar 1
02:13 - Hangar 2 (World War 1)
03:04 - Hangers 3 and 4 (World War 2 and Cold War)
05:18 - Hangar 5 (World War 2)
07:39 - Hangar 6
08:45 - Ending

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@robleary3353 6 ай бұрын

As a young lad my Dad took me a six of my pals to Hendon for my birthday in the late seventies. As we were going to the cafe for lunch a low loader was parked up with a dismantled aircraft on it. I recognised it immediateley as I had one hanging from my bedroom ceiling as part of my model collection. An Me110 I even got close enough to turn the rear tail wheel. Happy days!. Nuff said.

@traveldan1 5 ай бұрын

Quite something seeing the 1:1 scale version of a model kit in your collection!

@thisisnumber0 Жыл бұрын

Whoever decided to dismantle the Battle of Britain hall needs a kick up the backside, it was superb.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

It did look a bit dated when I went there in 2015, but it was a great collection of the RAF, Luftwaffe and an Italian aircraft!

@mrjockt Жыл бұрын

Hendon was still an official R.A.F. station up until the nineties, it was used as a transit camp for those travelling back to R.A.F. Germany via Luton airport, I stayed there several times whilst based in Germany in the mid eighties and took the opportunity to visit the museum whilst in-transit.

@keithskelhorne3993 Жыл бұрын

I went through there too, late 70s/ early 80s. Wasnt it used if you had an early morning flight, from Luton ? I also transited through Brieze, Lynham and South Cerney! lol

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information! I must have been going by when it ceased use as a front line military base

@mrjockt Жыл бұрын

@@traveldan1 It wasn’t front line by any stretch of the imagination but was still classed as operational as it was still manned by R.A.F. personnel, the operational part of the station was on the opposite side of the main road from the museum and consisted mainly of overnight accommodation for personnel travelling through.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

@@mrjockt OK, I was thinking of when 601 and 604 squadron were based there, but that's going back to 1949

@harryjohnson9215 Жыл бұрын

Luton you say that's My where I was born the home place of the Churchill tank and Bedford trucks (before production was moved to Dunstable) And the first ever school trip i went on was to hendon.

@valentinmarinescu6445 Жыл бұрын

I lived in London between 1990-94, loved the RAF Museum. Went there many times. I think what you described as Hanger 1 was the Battle of Britain Hall. Had the Spitfire Mk I PR-F, Hurricane Mk I, Stuka, Heinkel He-111, Junkers Ju-88C, Defiant, CR 43, Bf 109, 110 and Sunderland.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

It was indeed the Battle of Britain Hall, had some really good exhibits in there but a few have moved now

@odyshopody9387 Жыл бұрын

Got a chance to see this museum back when I visited the UK in 2019. It is one of the best Air Museums I've ever been to, and I've been to a lot in my 55 years. I especially liked the older hanger displaying the WW1 aircraft, you really feel like you stepped back in time. I remember they still have the original Crapper toilets' in the men's bathroom with the water reservoir high up and a pull chain to flush!

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

It is always good when they design the interior of the hangars to match the time period that the exhibits are for!

@ricardocorbie6803 Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of visiting last year! I must revisit, One of my personal favorite Heroes got his start flying here, Major Lanoe Hawker,, great content ❤️❤️❤️

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Just read up about Lanoe Hawker and his brief service during the First World War

@honahwikeepa2115 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Cheers from Sydney Australia.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

A pleasure to make it for people all around the world to enjoy! I'd love to take a look around some of the aviation museums in Australia too!

@b577960 Жыл бұрын

Well done, you have an excellent commentary voice. Thanks for showing us these beautiful aircraft- cheers from Sydney

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, one of my friends always comments that my Norfolk accent pops out when I speak!

@raylawrence1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this glimpse of the Museum. Totally impressed by the finish and condition of the exhibits, The place is a National gem.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

It's changed quite a bit over the years and a few exhibits have moved over to Cosford, but they do keep the aircraft immaculate unlike some aviation museums with less resources!

@itz_EnderMC Жыл бұрын

Lovely video I'm going there Tomorrow so this was nice thanks

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy the museum, and hope this video wasn't too much of a spoiler as to what you'll see there! 😄

@crackers562 Жыл бұрын

so close to London City with wonderful aircraft - been there!!

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

No excuse not to go if you're in the London area! 😄Have you been to many other UK air museums?

@lcflcf1 7 ай бұрын

Duxford is amazing too

@traveldan1 7 ай бұрын

There's a video on my channel of Duxford's aviation museum too if you haven't already seen it 😁

@handmademusicsweden Жыл бұрын

Thanx a lot for the amazing video. Visited the museum more than twenty years ago, and boy, was I impressed. Like a kid in a candy store. So much to see. Among the most interesting aircraft to me were the Short Sunderland, Avro Vulcan (so big), JU 87 Stuka and the English Electric Lightning. Well worth a visit, to say the least. Kudos!

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for leaving a comment! It sure is a great collection to visit!

@handmademusicsweden Жыл бұрын

@@traveldan1 So glad to see that you have made a lot of interesting videos from your journeys. Excellent productions, I will watch them all. Keep up the good work!

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

@@handmademusicsweden there will certainly be a lot more to come as the country flags at the top are all ones that I have film from, I'm just working through making the videos! 😄 Also have Switzerland and Austria planned for later in the year!

@bac1111967 Жыл бұрын

I was based there for a few years. It was prinicpally a logistics control centre for the whole of the RAF. It looks like its been partially destroyed. The sunderland was in another hangar and was covered in bird poo for years.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

That's one of the disadvantages of having the aircraft outside, the birds will make no exceptions for where they go!

@simonmcgough7336 Жыл бұрын

I like the àir mean

@samsimons6774 Жыл бұрын

Do a video about the Speyer,GR Technik Museum,one of the best and largest in Europe!

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

It is on my future travel plans and looks great from what I've seen! Hopefully there will be a couple Swiss and Austrian aviation museums added soon from my next upcoming trip 😎

@stevetheduck1425 Жыл бұрын

'-built in the 1970s'. The main building is actually two hangars from the early days of flight (those cross-hatched wooden beams holding up the roof can be found in surviving hangars from then, there are similar ones at Duxford). The joining piece between (orginally the 'Sir Sydney Camm Hall'), and a frontage containing displays of RAF equipment and stuff, which was indeed, built in the 1970s.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

I always thought that hangar had a bit of a 1970's architectural style to it but I must have thought it was just because of when the museum opened

@johnholt890 Жыл бұрын

The Stranraer is unique only one left in the World.

@josephgunnett7715 Жыл бұрын

Great museum,just get the impression that the developers are ready to move in and build flats on it.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

The high rise buildings were definitely looming overhead more this time than my previous visit six years beforehand!

@tophatanimation8748 6 ай бұрын

They're certainly encroaching the site, very sad.

@tophatanimation8748 6 ай бұрын

What a shame that the Battle of Britain Hall was removed. Absolute sacrilege IMO.

@traveldan1 6 ай бұрын

It was a good collection, now Cosford has a lot of them!

@harryjohnson9215 Жыл бұрын

Have you visited I.W.M Duxford

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

I have indeed 😁 There's a video from Duxford on my channel as part of my Aviation Museum series

@stephenmoss2554 Жыл бұрын

It is HangAr not Hanger. Lots of other mistakes too.

@stevetheduck1425 Жыл бұрын

The French word that means 'a wooden adjunct building to a large house, usually used to store coaches or farming equipment' is spelt a couple of ways, including 'Hangeir', but the British word has changed by now, unlike the French words used to identify the parts of an aeroplane, such as fuselage, aileron, empennage, etc.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

I'll admit I didn't even notice that spelling mistake 😄 Constructive criticism is always useful so what else did I get incorrect?

@FuriousFire898 Жыл бұрын

Bro i went there a week ago its amazing Not as good as the Bovington tank museum though

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Ah, well tanks and planes are two entirely different kettle of fish 😄 Bovington is great as well, I was able to explore that back in 2021

@williamolivadoti3867 Жыл бұрын

Where's the Royal Navy Aviation Hangar?

@gordonbergslien30 Жыл бұрын

The Fleet Air Arm has its own museum at Yeovilton. I've been a docent at two major air museums in Southern California for almost 30 years so I look at museums a little differently than the average tourist. The RAF Museum is, hands down, one of the best in the world! Looking forward to visiting again someday. Best regards to my museum colleagues in the UK! Keep up the good work!

@robertpatrick3350 Жыл бұрын

The FAA museum is excellent, it’s got a lot more than just FAA exhibits it’s got a prototype Concorde, and other experimental planes including one flow by Neil Armstrong.

@stevetheduck1425 Жыл бұрын

A third aircraft museum worth visiting is the one at RAF Cosford (Albrighton railway station is yards from it). A number of RAF types, a Liberator, unique research aircraft from the 1950s and 1960s, and two unique surviving Japanese WWII planes. Unless they've been swapped with Hendon, best do some research. Duxford museum is also pretty impressive, especially if you like planes AND tanks.

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

@@stevetheduck1425 I was able to visit Cosford in 2020 and the collection there is amazing as well, though I didn't really get enough film to put together a video on it. One day I'll return!

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

There are some Royal Navy aircraft but I don't think they are organised into their own separate hangar here. There is one at Duxford and the Yeovilton museum though!

@jjmcrosbie 10 ай бұрын

Were you aware that the 100-mission Lancaster was said to be haunted?

@traveldan1 10 ай бұрын

I wasn't, no. Is it a crew-member that haunts the plane?

@tophatanimation8748 6 ай бұрын

I think it was the Lincoln at Cosford. Buttons said to be moved/clicked but it transpires a similar material in the seats is used for cassette tape recording material and the thought behind it, is that it's actually a recording of switch moves etc.

@michaeltb1358 Жыл бұрын

Hangar - not hanger

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

I have learnt the error in my spelling there, thanks! 😄

@davekent8193 Жыл бұрын

Its not called Hendon any more but London -to be more informative about exactly where it is, somwhere in London. Likewise Cosford is now known as Midlands even though there is a Midland air museum in Coventry 40 miles away!! The names Hendon and Cosford accurately locate these sister museums, why waste all that money on a name change?

@stevetheduck1425 Жыл бұрын

To find this museum, go to the Underground station called Colindale, go out the front door, walk left on that road.

@stevetheduck1425 Жыл бұрын

To find RAF Cosford and it's museum, go to the railway station named 'Albrighton'.

@williamkennedy5492 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if i want to go to London, from what ive heard its a dangerous city !

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

London does have a reputation for some gang violence, but it's usually in rough residential estates where tourists wouldn't go anyway. The centre around the river Thames where all the main attractions are would be fine ☺

@tophatanimation8748 6 ай бұрын

I live 30 miles away from London, it's a craphole mate. I try to avoid it if I can but Hendon you should be ok.

@colinwinn-bw9cp Жыл бұрын

Why can't the narrator speak properly?

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Were you looking for a different language? French? Spanish...? 🤔

@richardwest217 Жыл бұрын

@@traveldan1 I dunt reckon he understood yor Norfolk accent boi. I reckon South Norfolk, perhaps Diss area?

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

@@richardwest217 very close, I'm from Norwich ☺ Found it too tempting to exercise a little bit of British sarcasm in my last comment!

@eleventy-seven Жыл бұрын

Nice Museum. Your video stutters but showed some planes I had not seen. Thanks

@traveldan1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I always try to make sure the film I use is clear in its movement, though all of it is recorded on nothing other than my phone! Not sure if I would trust myself with any expensive equipment 😄