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Operation Moonraker at Sywell Aviation Museum Northamptionshire.

Handley Page Jetstream


The Mark One version of the Jetstream was among the earliest off the production line, won the 1971 Daily Express National Air Race between Biggin Hill and Sywell and is a sister aircraft of the iconic Apollo Airways plane which starred in the James Bond movie Moonraker, Enthusiasts at Sywell Aviation Museum rescued the aircraft when it was heading for the scrapheap and are now setting about a major restoration job following years of service as a prop for crash investigation students at Cranfield University,near Milton Keynes.The plane has been nicknamed 'Jenny the Jetstream' and the project Operation Moonraker.

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