Links

Must See:

Midland Air Museum

XA699's home. Read about the other aircraft on display. Opening times, admission prices and events.

RAF Logo The Royal Air Force The RAF web site. Find out about the latest military aircraft in service
Thunder and Lightnings A site packed full of post war British jets, including lots more about the Javelin.
Hunter XF382 Logo Hawker Hunter XF382 Another resident at the Midland Air Museum.
The Red Arrows The official site of the Royal Air Force aerobatic team.

More Jets from the Fifties:

Cold War Jets An amazing collection of 1950s jets in taxiing condition at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in the UK.
Vulcan XH558 Vulcan To The Sky ...  Congratulations on her first post-restoration flight, 18 October 2007
Lightnings Bruntingthorpe's Lightning Preservation Group.

More Aviation - Airports and Airliners:

Airliners.net Quality aviation photography   (you can find more Javelin photos here using the search)
Airbus Official website of Airbus Industrie
Boeing Official website of Boeing
Coventry Airport Home to XA699 and the Midland Air Museum.
Birmingham Airport Major airport serving the Midlands and the UK.
Met Office Web cams A live view of the weather conditions at various places around the UK
Hong Kong's new airport Fascinating interactive Website showing the new airport serving Hong Kong.
Professional Pilot's Rumour Network Well known pilot's forum.
The Shuttleworth collection A remarkable collection of vintage aeroplanes in flying condition

Spaceflight:

NASA Mars Programme Progress reports on the Mars robot landers.  They're lasting well...
Esa Space Station European Space Agency website.  Wherever you are in the world, find out if you're likely to see the Space Station tonight.
Esa Cassini-Huygens The European Space Agency probe 'Huygens' landed safely on Saturn's moon Titan and sent back a batch of pictures and a sound recording of the descent.

Miscellaneous:

Made in Birmingham

 

The history of Birmingham... industry, transport and people.

Also for motorcyclists... details of the annual "Mike Hailwood Memorial Run" and the "Testers' Run"