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| Cale and Nico with the Blackbird |
We had planned to visit the Imperial War Museum at Duxford before we left NZ, so were thrilled when the announced they were re-opening after being closed due to Covid.
The museum is located only a short drive from our campsite in Cambridge, so we headed there for 10am opening, and ended up spending the entire day there (they close at 6pm). We could have easily spent two whole days here, although I'm not sure the boys would have been happy about that! There is just so much information and many interesting craft to look at and absorb.
Today we were fortunate to have been treated to a Showcase Day which was pretty cool. Many planes taking to the air, along with set displays.
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| Hangar 1 - AirSpace |
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| Hangar 2 - Flying Aircraft |
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| Hangar 3 - Air and Sea |
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American Air Museum
AirSpace |
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Handley Page Hastings
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Short Sunderland Mk V
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| Cale and Nico beneath the Short Sunderland Mk V |
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Avro Lancaster MKX
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| Avro Lancaster Mk X |
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| Avro Lancaster Mk X |
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Avro Vulcan B2
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Virgin Hot Air Balloon/Capsule Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand made the first crossing of the Atlantic in, in July 1987.
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Hangar 2 - Flying Aircraft
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
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| Hawker Sea Fury |
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Hawker Sea Fury on the far left
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Various Aircraft
American Air Museum
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| Rear of the Blackbird |
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| Nico and Cale with the Blackbird |
Hangar 5 - Conservation in Action
Hangar 3 - Air and Sea
Avenger
Towards the end of the day the Duxford specialist fire crew raced out of the grounds with sirens on and lights flashing. We later read that one of the Hawker Sea Furys that had been flying today, crash landed in a wood not too far from Duxford.
Thankfully the pilot and his passenger walked away with minor injuries, however the vintage plane wasn't so lucky!
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