Guest: Darren Priday, Manager of the RAF Museum’s Conservation Centre







Host: Dave Homewood







Recorded: 11th of July 2023







Published: 18th of November 2023







Duration: 46 minutes, 39 seconds







In this episode Dave Homewood visited the terrific Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, at RAF Cosford, with friend Nigel Hitchman, and he met the Manager of the RAF Museum’s Conservation Centre, Darren Priday.







Darren talks about the museum at Cosford, recent restorations such as the Vickers Wellington now on display at Cosford and the Handley Page Hampden that he is still working on and was about to head soon to display at Hendon.







He covers the recovery of the Dornier 17 ten years before, and how they have been conserving it and preparing it for display. And he talks about the techniques they have used and developed to preserve aircraft recovered from the sea. He gives a teaser for another sea recovery project that does not involve the RAF Museum, but he is advising on.







He addresses the problem of having several aircraft outside in the weather, and plans for a new building in the future. And gives a good general overview of the museum.







Quick Links:







•  The RAF Museum Midlands Website







•  The RAF Museum Website







• The RAF Museum on Facebook



















Above: Darren Priday, Manager of the RAF Museum’s Conservation Centre, with the Vickers Wellington

















































































































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