It is actually a “make and take” from the new Plane Factory gallery at the Brooklands Museum. Children (and I suspect a good few adults – like myself) take prestamped aluminium blanks, and then under close supervision and health and safetydom, fold, roll and rivet the parts themselves into the plane shown. It seems up to 400 of these are being churned out per day. I think it’s a wonderful idea and is very hands on – which seems to be one of the primary offers for museums nowadays.

The Plane Factory and attached Flight Shed are well worth a visit. The Plane Factory particularly is a very good way of presenting the Museum’s aircraft and supporting displays. As ever, the challenge will be to keep the interactive stuff interactive.