Paid a visit for the first time today: it’s fantastic!
OK, so the Vulcan was a bit of a damp squib, in that it’s hangared and the viewing area is really too small to accommodate the kind of numbers there were today, but the Cold War Jets Collection is superb.
So why the enthusiasm?
Well, I suppose it’s because you get a sense of the aircraft being presented pretty much as they would have been when they were ‘live’. They are lined up as they might have been when in service; you can walk up to them and around them; there are people working on them (or at least they were today); and there’s such a variety.
My son particularly loved the Victor cockpit and the chance to explore the Guppy.
All this and the sound of a Buccaneer being run up: for what more could you ask?
No doubt I’m preaching to the converted. If not, get yourself along and check it out!
Tom
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 7th May 2008 at 16:24
thats why its Area 52a!
TT
By: Pen Pusher - 7th May 2008 at 06:59
Ah but did you visit the SRA Shed? or Area 52a (its next door to Area 51 😀 )
TT
???:confused: :confused:
Mention ‘Area 51’ is this country and Duxford comes to mind.
Brian
By: Tom Kilkenny - 6th May 2008 at 22:25
Errr…….
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 6th May 2008 at 15:37
Ah but did you visit the SRA Shed? or Area 52a (its next door to Area 51 😀 )
TT
By: Arabella-Cox - 5th May 2008 at 10:43
vixen
Hopefully fingers crossed the grey on the vixen will be finished next sat and some transfers on by sunday, probably the first time in 6 years it’ll look different from the previous open days
By: Tom Kilkenny - 5th May 2008 at 10:39
We did, of course, visit the Q shed and the Lightnings – in fact they were the first things we went to look at.
Keep up the good work!
Tom
By: 320psi - 4th May 2008 at 22:20
Paid a visit for the first time today: it’s fantastic!
OK, so the Vulcan was a bit of a damp squib, in that it’s hangared and the viewing area is really too small to accommodate the kind of numbers there were today, but the Cold War Jets Collection is superb.
So why the enthusiasm?
Well, I suppose it’s because you get a sense of the aircraft being presented pretty much as they would have been when they were ‘live’. They are lined up as they might have been when in service; you can walk up to them and around them; there are people working on them (or at least they were today); and there’s such a variety.
My son particularly loved the Victor cockpit and the chance to explore the Guppy.
All this and the sound of a Buccaneer being run up: for what more could you ask?
No doubt I’m preaching to the converted. If not, get yourself along and check it out!
Tom
Thanks Tom 😉
I do hope you visited the Q shed ?
We had lots of interested people wandering around, was nice to stop and chat about our ‘little’ hobby 😉
Spread the word
By: Martin K - 4th May 2008 at 21:50
It certainly was a busy day on the airfield today, especially with XX894 being run, but most weekends will see some form of activity around the aircraft.
Thanks for your support 😉
Martin
XX894 Team
By: FMK.6JOHN - 4th May 2008 at 20:43
Don’t forget if you find yourself there on the 25th of this month there is a big open day where they will be fast taxying quite a bit of heavy metal!!.
Check out the LPG website for more details.
John.
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