admluvs2fly From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 166 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3029 times:
I 'm going to be in London for 2 days. This Sunday and Monday. Does anybody have any suggestions for maybe a day trip not to far or in London itself, that would be worthwhile for an Commercial Aviation enthusiast.
trident3 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 1013 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3001 times:
Brooklands Museum would be good, less than an hour from central London. See Concorde, a VC10, Vanguard, Viscount etc plus loads of motor racing stuff if you are in to that as well. http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/
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admluvs2fly From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2783 times:
Thank You all for the great information. That's why I love this site. It's around the world and you will 99.9% of the time get an response.
By the way for plane spotting at LHR, where would you suggest and how would I go inexpensively from Kensington.
tymnbalewne From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 913 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2731 times:
Quoting jrfspa320 (Reply 2): Alternatives are Duxford, which is a great museum http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/
In fact this sunday there is an airshow there!
Well worth visiting
I went to Duxford about 100 years ago, (okay, it was 1986) and there was a VC-10 there. I looked at the website and find no mention of this aircraft. Is it no longer there?
HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6475 posts, RR: 26 Reply 8, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2687 times:
Quoting tymnbalewne (Reply 7): I went to Duxford about 100 years ago, (okay, it was 1986) and there was a VC-10 there. I looked at the website and find no mention of this aircraft. Is it no longer there?
Looks like the VC10 is owned separately and therefore not listed on IWM's website. http://www.das.org.uk/vc10.htm still lists it.
-HT
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YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 2120 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2664 times:
Duxford is a good visit, though there are more military types there.
If you like bizjets and lots of them with something exotic guaranteed, then spotting at LTN is great too. May need a car to get to the best spotting spot at the crash gates o nthe far side.
Longhornmaniac From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 3102 posts, RR: 47 Reply 11, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2617 times:
There is also a simulator in the Westfield Shopping Center.
jetblast From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 1201 posts, RR: 11 Reply 12, posted (1 year 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2523 times:
If you get the chance to go back to London in the future, you may want to look at the BA Heritage Centre in Waterside. You need to email ahead for a visitors pass if you don't have a BA ID, but it is worth the visit.
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