IWM Duxford, awesomeness and flights?
Discussion
Went today with the family. AWESOME!!!
We've been to loads of these kinds of places all over the UK, but Duxford is in a class of it's own! We were there from 12:00 to 5:00 and only did half of it, utterly staggered at the scale of the place, we'll be going back again in a couple of weeks to finish exploring! Maybe for the air show as well.
Not sure if it's normal but there was plenty of old planes flying around too, including a two seater spitfire.
Has anyone ever done one of the flights out of Duxford in the old planes? I've lost the damn leaflet now but It was £350+ for a 20 minute flight in an american WW2 fighter, is that the plane I'd have seen doing aerobatics several times during the day? I'm tempted to send my Dad up for laugh if it is.
I understand the second seat in that spitfire is rentable too, but a bit of googling indicates the waiting list is fairly epic.
If we decide to go for the airshow in September, any travel tips? I'm guessing it's a bloody nightmare for traffic and parking.
Cheers
We've been to loads of these kinds of places all over the UK, but Duxford is in a class of it's own! We were there from 12:00 to 5:00 and only did half of it, utterly staggered at the scale of the place, we'll be going back again in a couple of weeks to finish exploring! Maybe for the air show as well.
Not sure if it's normal but there was plenty of old planes flying around too, including a two seater spitfire.
Has anyone ever done one of the flights out of Duxford in the old planes? I've lost the damn leaflet now but It was £350+ for a 20 minute flight in an american WW2 fighter, is that the plane I'd have seen doing aerobatics several times during the day? I'm tempted to send my Dad up for laugh if it is.
I understand the second seat in that spitfire is rentable too, but a bit of googling indicates the waiting list is fairly epic.
If we decide to go for the airshow in September, any travel tips? I'm guessing it's a bloody nightmare for traffic and parking.
Cheers
mrloudly said:
It's special!
The tank bit at the far end is brilliant as well!
Agreed, whilst a lot smaller I found it better than the Tank Museum in Dorset.The tank bit at the far end is brilliant as well!
With a lot of museums like this I get the impression things are done on a very tight budget indeed, which they probably are, no real sense of that at all at Duxford, but I'm sure it's the case there as well. Seriously slick place, with some stunning exhibits. The American air museum was worth the entrance fee alone, spend about two hours in there and could have spent longer. just stunning the way all the planes are slotted in and around each other!
When it turns out I'm the heir to some Russian oligarch I'll be getting some flying lessons and having my own personal F111
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