Visit on November 23, 2014 and photography by Ray Biagio Pace
The RAF Museum London is located in Grahame Park Way, Colindale, London. It can be reached from Junc‐
tion 4 of the M1 in 10 minutes or around 45 minutes by tube from Central London and either a 7 minute bus
ride or a 15 minute walk from the Colindale Underground station. The Mill Hill Broadway is the nearest rail‐
way station and is a 15 minute walk away whilst the nearest airports are Heathrow and London City. The
Museum caters to people with Special Needs and the staff members are happy to assist. Entrance is Free,
however there is a charge of £3 / £4 for on‐site parking.
The Museum opened on the 17th December 2003, and since then thousands of aircraft enthusiasts and their
families have visited it. It is very large and impossible to visit in just one day unless you want to just skim
through it. There are 5 main hangars, namely the Milestones of flight at the entrance hall, the Bomber Hall,
The Historic Hangar, The Battle of Britain Hall and the Grahame‐White Hangar. The Historic Hangars are
scheduled buildings dating back to the Hendon Aerodrome. There are also the Wings Restaurant, the Wessex
Café and the Museum Souvenir Shop. The Aeronauts Interactive Centre is a hands on flight science centre
where the children discover how aircraft fly. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times whilst at
this centre.
There are over 100 historic and ground breaking aircraft on view including the F‐35 Joint Strike Fighter Jet
(mock‐up) which is the only one on display in Europe. Other aircraft include the Buccaneer, the mighty Vul‐
can, Avro Lancaster, Canberra, Southampton, Spitfire, Hurricane, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Bleriot X1, North
American P51D Mustang, Messerschmitt Me262, Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing B17G, Augusta Westland Mer‐
lin, Hawker Hunter FGA9, English Electric Lightning, Sunderland and much more.
Upon entering the Museum you will be able to watch a 10 minute