Aircraft takes pride of place at RAF Museum Cosford

 Shropshire, UK — The EAP – the aircraft developed from the Experimental Aircraft Programme of the 1980s – was unveiled yesterday at the RAF Museum Cosford.

 

Its arrival marks the start of a four-year programme which will commemorate both the centenary of the start of World War I this year, and the centenary of the Royal Air Force in 2018.

 

As part of the four-year commemoration project, Cosford will host a new exhibition from December this year to mark the role of aviation in World War I. The museum will also have new exhibits as part of a project to transform the experience for visitors.

 

Among those at the museum to see the aircraft unveiled were its original test pilot and the 86-year-old daughter of Barnes Wallis, the man whose revolutionary ‘bouncing bombs’ changed World War II.

 

The aircraft – which inspired the Eurofighter Typhoon now in use in combat zones across the world – has taken pride of place in the Test Flight hangar at the museum alongside other influential prototypes like the TSR2 and stainless steel Bristol Type 188.