Preserved Defender

My visit to the Army Flying Museum made reference to some of the exhibits having their own posts and this is one such post.  As part of the recent refurbishment, they added a Britten Norman Defender to the collection.  This was recently retired from service and was refurbished for display.  Having grown up on the Isle of Wight, the Britten Norman Islander is a plane that I have a soft spot for.  The Defender is the militarized version of the Islander and it has served in numerous roles around the world from the basic transport role to surveillance of those that don’t want to be seen.

This one is mounted in a dynamic pose which rather dominates the first display hangar.  Things are rather tight in the space and definitely dark so trying to get some shots of it that I wanted was a little challenging.  I did shot some panos to try and get more of it in than my lens would normally allow.  There is a balcony around the upper level of the hangar and that provides a good vantage point on the Defender too.  I was happy to get as much as I could of the airframe since I have had very few encounters with them while they were in service.

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