{"id":412,"date":"2011-09-27T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=412"},"modified":"2023-10-07T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T10:16:38","slug":"raf-cosford-shropshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"RAF Cosford, Shropshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford641.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford641.jpg\" alt=\"Bomber at Cosford\" title=\"Cosford641\" width=\"544\" height=\"411\" class=\"size-full wp-image-413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford641.jpg 544w, http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford641-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 85vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bomber behind hangars<\/figcaption><\/figure> The northern site of the RAF Museum, with halls devoted to the Cold War, research and development aircraft, warplanes, transport and training aircraft, and RAF history. Enough to keep the visitor occupied for an all-day visit. The site is vast and contains about 70 aircraft.<br \/>\nNote the unique display of three V-bombers in the Cold War hall. Admission is free, but there is a charge for car parking. Visitors are expected to \u2018check in\u2019 via the visitor centre building.<br \/>\nI revisited in 2023.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford643.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford643-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jet plane\" title=\"Cosford643\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-414\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford6441.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford6441-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Supersonic jet plane\" title=\"Cosford644\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-416\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford646.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford646-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin airlift display\" title=\"Cosford646\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-417\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford647.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford647-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Missile nose\" title=\"Cosford647\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-418\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford648.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford648-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Missiles\" title=\"Cosford648\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-419\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford649.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford649-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Missile\" title=\"Cosford649\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-420\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford650-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Engine\" title=\"Cosford650\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-421\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford651.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford651-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Transport plane near exit\" title=\"Cosford651\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-422\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford645.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford645-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Looks like TSR2\" title=\"Cosford645\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-423\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4010\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0865.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0865-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4010\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nimrod<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4011\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0866.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0866-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4011\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catalina<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4012\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0867.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0867-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4012\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hangar<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4013\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0868.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Cosford_0868-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4013\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TSR2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The northern site of the RAF Museum, with halls devoted to the Cold War, research and development aircraft, warplanes, transport and training aircraft, and RAF history. Enough to keep the visitor occupied for an all-day visit. The site is vast and contains about 70 aircraft. Note the unique display of three V-bombers in the Cold &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RAF Cosford, Shropshire&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4014,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/4014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}