I’m amused you lot think that Top Gear is about driving.
It’s a lads adventure featuring three egos. That’s why I liked it.
As for young people not being interested I think that is not 100 percent true,many play games with graphics showing air battles and take part in re enactment groups,join cadets and later the regular forces.
My nephews are all interested in WW2 and the Bob. They get this from me (:-)), games like War Thunder and films such as Fury, Red Tails and, well the black and white ones I lend them!
We have to accept that time moves forward and the BoB will not get the same attention as more modern exploits as it passes into distant history.
But it should still be represented.
My immediate reaction was “preposterous”, but then I sat down and decided maybe it’s a good thing to change the BoB hall.
It’s dusty, dark, tired and worn. Only five of the aircraft are representative of actual Bob aircraft in my opinion. The Stuka and 111 would be more suited to a Russian Front diorama and the 110 and 88 Bomber Command Hall (and what about a Bomber Command hall?).
Providing the battle is still represented in the main hall I think it would be refreshing to have a new exhibit.
Maybe a Gulf War and Afghanistan setting?
We seem to forget it’s an RAF museum not a WW2 museum.
Come to think of it most museums are WW2 focussed. Perhaps time to move on?
Having lived abroad for many years I m horrified at the prices mentioned!!If there was an equivalent place here like Duxford the locals would not go there!!I can get a good lunch here for 1.20 ,pounds !!!You have to like Thai food mind you and its not the sort you get in restaurants in the UK!!
Is it still alive?
Back up again. Maybe the web gods spoke?
Bring back the NAFFI wagon 🙂
I’m surprised no one has had a go at that. A NAAFI wagon at legends sounds fun.
Tea and a wad?
Attended on the Sunday and thought the display was good.
Every act, apart from the Red Bull team and Red Arrows had an American theme.
SE5 First World War American Squadron. P51, B17, P40, Corsair, Hawk. Huey, Bronco and Hugues, Vietnam.
The Sky-van was pushing it a bit I guess but I liked it.
If you stayed to watch the departing aircraft you could have seen the Osprey take off.
The displays seemed a little bit further away, higher and no vertical maneuvers (loops) but maybe that was because of the low cloud.
Crowd was lighter than expected. More like a Duxford of the 90’s. Cars were still parking near the American Hanger well into mid day.
I hope they get rid of the mandatory advance booking and car parking ticket system which seemed a waste of time to me.
Are there any plans to extend the car parking arrangements?
Doesn’t bother me as I’ll be walking however there are only enough spaces for about 100 cars (if that).
Isn’t this the old `Squirrel ahhh`, `Rat urrrk!` debate?
While I wouldn’t personally eat or kill a dog pigs have been likened to dogs in intelligence.
We eat those.
The first picture you posted is interesting. The tank is missing all it’s outside road wheels.
Nicked for spares?
I wonder what those passers by are wondering. Being in Berlin at the end of the war must have been a soul crushing experience.
Armageddon.
Can someone explain how an aircraft travelling at 300knts can have a greater rate of descent with the application of pitch (which sounds counter intuitive), and is this a known trait of the Gnat ?
That’s not a basement, more a bunker.
What will they do with them? Please dont tell me to be scrapped!
Well I hope they find a solution, replacement.
Flying in an aircraft that has the potential for a non survivable mechanical fault is not acceptable imho.