Everyone has their favourite plane – I admit mine is the British twin-engine Avro Anson. Whenever I get the chance to visit then I always take time to stop and admire VL348 either sat in one of the former aircraft chairs admiring its lines and design or stood chatting to whichever visitor I’m accompanying at the time. By Jan McGeachie.

Proudly standing outside Hangar 2 is the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 cockpit XV490, which with my husband’s fondness of reading factual books on aviation I tend to associate with the author David Gledhill. David, having joined the RAF as a navigator then flew in this Phantom and was one of the first to fly the Tornado, commanding 1435 Flt in the Falkland Islands in 1982. By Jan McGeachie

Tucked away just inside the entrance area of Hangar 1 is the SEPECAT Jaguar cockpit that was removed from XX753, this sometimes forms part of the museum’s open cockpit offer. By Jan McGeachie.

WV787 is the eye catching all-black Canberra displayed adjacent to the museum café, and it regularly features on the open cockpit rota. Having arrived in 1985 and transferred into museum ownership in 2003, WV787 was chosen as his aircraft of the week by a long time Canberra aficionado, John Sheehan, who has written books about the legendary plane, whose service spanned fifty years for RAF. By Jan McGeachie.

Having asked many associated with the museum (either paid staff, volunteers or trustees) for their suggestions for their Aircraft of the Week, back in the summer museum trustee Dawn Hazle eagerly offered both MiG fighters as her personal choice, hence why they are paired together. Dawn’s explanation: “Harriers are cool (and ours is really cool) but the MiG27 isn't as 'readily available'!”  By Jan McGeachie.

WF369 is one of only six Vickers Varsity airframes remaining in UK air museums, it is always popular for visitors to view in Hangar Two, and is often part of our open cockpit offer. Visiting the other Sunday, its volunteer cockpit opener was John Davison, who offered WF369 as his Aircraft of the Week with just enough time left to show another interested visitor around inside, before we all assembled outside for the Remembrance Service. By Jan McGeachie.