i hadnt noticed before i had to take my daughter and see how she was interested in the interactive elements. before then I was happy to read the display items on each airacraft and tell myself I already knew enough to just wander round and look at the airframes.

now I have a different perspective. I can see that to the kids, the mockups, the characters/figures and dioramas must really make a difference – when I got to the end i revisdted the first world war bit to try and get a bit of perspective from those displays.

I also really liked that you could walk up and around the aircraft, no ropes, no barriers.. That has to be the best thing for me (though its too tempting to jump up on a wing, climb in and make ‘dakka dakka’ noises.