A few pics from a fairly recent visit to the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection which is housed in some lovely old hangars on Old Sarum airfield. They’ve got a nice assortment of jet cockpits on display for kids of all ages to sit in and quite a few complete airframes as well. Lots of tlc being given to Jaguar XX734 and Jet Provost XR650.
By: Mothminor - 14th August 2015 at 15:24
I took my youngest a few weeks ago, he really enjoyed sitting in all those cockpits.
Sadly, the aviation interest seems to have skipped his 2 older brothers…
Certainly looks like your young un was having a really good time 🙂
And 1 out of 3 ain’t bad – you can pass exams with that percentage nowadays!
Do you have any photos of the Comet fuselage from Lyneham?
Glad to know that it will be open to the public. Just to add to Carpetbaggers shot, here’s the other side –
By: Carpetbagger - 14th August 2015 at 12:34
Lyneham Comet
Just this one…
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Not open to the public yet but they did say the A frame was nearly finished and they just had the mounts to create to finish it off.
John
By: Tin Triangle - 14th August 2015 at 12:00
Looks like a neat museum. Do you have any photos of the Comet fuselage from Lyneham?
By: Carpetbagger - 14th August 2015 at 11:26
I took my youngest a few weeks ago, he really enjoyed sitting in all those cockpits.
Sadly, the aviation interest seems to have skipped his 2 older brothers…
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The bear was the class mascot, his turn with us for the weekend…
By: Mothminor - 13th August 2015 at 18:46
I must visit one day.
If you do I hope you’re lucky with visiting aircraft too. The airfield was pretty busy and there were quite a few interesting types when we were there –
By: Trolly Aux - 13th August 2015 at 12:42
I must visit one day.
By: paul1867 - 13th August 2015 at 11:42
Thanks for posting
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