Visiting air museums

BeauBrummie

BeauBrummie

Home for tea and tiffin!
As I hit the big 50 on Monday, I'm off to my first visits to Duxford and the De Havilland Heritage Centre at the weekend. I'll be dragging the family with me. Fortunately Louise is quite into history as are the kids through school. But whether or not they can take a whole day at Duxford on Saturday remains to be seen! We'll be fitting in a visit to the in-laws in north London too as they've not been well recently. I've been on their websites to familarise myself with their collections and I'm quite excited!

I'll post any good photo's next week

TTFN

Beau
 
Duxford is a wonderful museum to visit especially in the summer as they often have some of the aircraft flying. I was lucky enough to see Black 6 flying when I first went in '95/96 (I cant remember the exact year). Have a lovely weekend and a great birthday! :icon29:
 
BeauBrummie said:
As I hit the big 50 on Monday, I'm off to my first visits to Duxford and the De Havilland Heritage Centre at the weekend. I'll be dragging the family with me. Fortunately Louise is quite into history as are the kids through school. But whether or not they can take a whole day at Duxford on Saturday remains to be seen! We'll be fitting in a visit to the in-laws in north London too as they've not been well recently. I've been on their websites to familarise myself with their collections and I'm quite excited!

I'll post any good photo's next week

TTFN

Beau
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:kilroy:Well, Beau, Happy Birthday, bud, and have lots and lots of fun. Hey, ya gotta be the "kid in the candy store" for once and be sure to take it all in, if possible.:d
 
Take a camera! As Led says, you could use the whole weekend just with Duxford and still have things left to look at in detail. And you have PM.
 
Visiting US Air Force Museum

I just returned from the US Air Force museum in Dayton, Oh. My son and I had a wonderful time. My father was a navigator in a B24-j flying out of England. They had a B24 D called the Strawberry Bitch. Every plane you could imagine was displayed. From Wright Brothers through F22. We spent 2 days there and that wasn't enough time. The museum is next to Wright Patterson AFB so there was active runways to see.

Freddie
 
Wishing you a happy birthday is purely a formality! You lucky, lucky barstard!

(Yes, I do know how to spell it, but the Bowdlerisation program won't let me...)
 
I've spent 2 weeks in Cincinnati in 2003 for work. During the week-end, we decided to go to Chicago, I was the only one who wanted to visit the US Air Force museum.
We've heard a fantastic blues show in Chicago and the frozen Michigan Lake was something funny to see (it was in February) but I still have regrets today for not having visited this museum.

Well, I hope I'll have to go back to GE Cincinnati on day, I don't want to miss a such opportunity twice.
 
Hello everyone.

What a top weekend. Two 5 star museums for completely different reasons. Duxford's scale and collections was awesome (I don't use that term lightly). High points? There were many, but for now two stand out. To be able to walk around the Sunderland and boy that is a big flying boat! I hope Ted's got the fixed guns in place on his model ;-) and second was to be able to walk around and under the B-52, that is one massive aircraft. I dragged my family around for 6 1/2 hours! Bless Louise for holding the kids together. Light hearted moment was seeing the Para-dog in the Airborne Troops memorial exhibition. Yes they did parachute dogs in behind the beaches at D-day. this one survived to be dropped behind the Rhine later on in '45!

Then their was the De Havilland Heritage Trust Museum. After Duxford, that felt more like "Do you want to see what I've got in my shed!". But it was the most interactive museum ever. The staff of volunteers were so informal and friendly that the guy in the shop who took my cash invited me to "touch feel and lick(!) a Mossie. Yes I touched and felt and put my head up several hatches and bomb bays of the B35 and MkVI. I was also able to stroke a Molins 57 cannon, boy that's deadly looking weapon.

I'm downloading photo's off my camera soon and I'll post ASAP.

Beau
 
Can't really comment on both events - it's been too long since I visited any air museum and turning 50 is something I hope to postpone for quite a few years - but nevertheless I wish you a very fine day and lots of years to come!! Happy Birthday mate!! :guinness: :birthday2 :icon29:
 
Actually Nigel it was very nearly even better at DHAMT. On chatting to chap in the shop this old guy called Reg came in and had the appearance of a gardener (green wellies, apron etc) and asked for "the keys to the poly tunnel". Later in the shop when I was spending birthday money on another Mossie book, The Long Road to the Sky: Night Fighter over Germany, the chap took my money and said, " Oh you ought to get Reg to sign it it was a Mossie navigator (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), have a look for him he's usually lighting bonfires under the Comet". Despite looking around again neither my brother in-law or I could fing Reg, though we found his bonfire (not under but a yard away from the Comet nose section). My brother-in-law lives 20 mins away, I may be visiting a lot.

Beau
 
Oh ha ha! I like the Happy Beaurthday! However mate I was unable to find the Typhoon cockpit or any mention of the Sea Hornet in the Collection.
 
freddienet said:
I just returned from the US Air Force museum in Dayton, Oh. My son and I had a wonderful time. My father was a navigator in a B24-j flying out of England. They had a B24 D called the Strawberry Bitch. Every plane you could imagine was displayed. From Wright Brothers through F22. We spent 2 days there and that wasn't enough time. The museum is next to Wright Patterson AFB so there was active runways to see.

Freddie
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:kilroy:Freddienet, if you've got Firepower, or can get it, this may be of interest to you: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=downloads_search The only "bad" thing is, it's a B-24J, and not a "D".:d
 
I didnt realise it was your birthday Jeff, many happy returns, hope the weekend went well although it wounds like it did. The De Havilland Heritage Trust Museum is where they let me and Kev aka NSS climb into the B35 for our mossie project. have they got any further with the FB they have there? i really wanna go back there if i can this year as i loved it and the staff were amazingly friendly and helpful.
 
I loved the place Dave and I'm going to put up some photos soon as I organise them (I took loads of course). Everywhere you looked there was something to see and touch. I was particularly impressed by seeing the Molins on a bench, it's a wicked looking thing. They even had some glass panels from that ugly target tower thing. Yes the relaxed friendly atmosphere was wonderful and to be able to touch the aircraft was surprisingly emotional.

Hope you're keeping well Dave.

Jeff
 
So that would be these then....

My daughter is off to University at Hendon this year.. Can see dad going down to see her quite alot.

The mossie Museum is only 15 mins from her....


Wow, Dave is still around..Long time matey. Can you believe that it is 2 years since we went..
 
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