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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/7/2014 10:22:17 PM

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Dixie...very useful. That info didn't jump outa website at me. Considering what our booze bill will be the admission will pale in comparisn!!!

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/8/2014 7:09:24 PM

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Dixie...very useful. That info didn't jump outa website at me. Considering what our booze bill will be the admission will pale in comparisn!!!

No worries, it's stuff that I only thought of last night and things that might not be apparent over the 'net. If you've got any other questions then ask away and I'll do my best to answer.

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/8/2014 9:24:44 PM

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I'd certainly recommend visiting Hendon if you're going to be based in London for a few days. Convenient to get to and it has some interesting specimens in addition to the RAF planes e.g. a Ju88, Ju87, some flying boats, interwar biplanes, a selection of jets and a few cockpits you can climb into, plus munitions and a 20mm cannon RAF gun turret that was too late to make it into the war. That would have chewed up the Tonies and Franks!

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/8/2014 10:00:17 PM

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If you are going to visit Bovington tank museum (very highly recommended!!), the Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton is nearby, lots of WW2 aircraft, Cold War prototypes (TSR2, etc) and you can walk through one of the prototype Concordes that was used for testing.
There is also a really good 'Flight Deck' and carrier experience.

Unfortunately, Plymouth has nothing to offer in answer to your previous post, they have a boat trip around the dockyard, but it is pot luck what is in port at the time, and never as much as Portsmouth

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/9/2014 12:34:43 AM

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OT to the OT :)

At the Aberdeen Proving Ground, the US Army Ordnance Museum in Maryland you can do the same, walk around and touch everything. One thing that really surprised me is just how frigging big tanks are when you are just standing on the ground. Everything is moving to Ft Lee in VA soon which will be a lot better as that is a lot closer to major population centers than Aberdeen is.

http://www.ordmusfound.org/

I thought they already moved. I was there back in the 80's when in MD for work. Went back a few years ago and many things were in storage. A lot was rusting away, so I'm hoping the move is a good thing. It puts it further from me, but is seems to me that Aberdeen wasn't taking care of the vehicles. I guess for lack of funding. I did see the show on the refurbishing of their Elephant, but I think it was too many vehicles and not enough money. Plus everything (except small arms and such) was outside.

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/9/2014 10:47:37 AM

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Would add two very small museums and medium sized one that are fairly close to each other and could be done in one day. Farnbourough air museum it has a few cold war jets including a testbed for Tornado. IT also has a lot of good stuff on designing planes including an early whittle engine various models for wind tunnel testing including w and M shaped wings and the worlds first set of carbon fiber golf clubs. Near by is the site of the Cody tree as well as pre WW1 portable airship hanger.

The second one is the museum of Berkshire aviation in woodley only 5 minutes from my home it is a very eclectic collection set in what is left of one the miles hangers, i have never seen so much crammed in to such a small place. It was also incidentally were my grandad worked early in the war building trainers for the RAF. It has a few unique items including a very early drone. A Fairy rotodyne a Fairey gannet and an extremely friendly and knowledgeable bunch of volunteers. It is also the former airfield were Douglas Bader had his crash.

The REME museum at Arborfield is pretty good as well especially if your interested in the behind the lines technology comunication computers etc.

If you go up north Leeds armories is very good covering medieval to modern warfare and the hall of steel is impressive especially when you consider how many swords knives and other heavy metal objects are suspended above your head.

There is also a good Army museum in Aldershot near Farnborough but i haven't visited (a real oversight)so can't personally recommend it.

I would also add that Yeovil is very good and the haines motor museum is nearby not military but they do have a T-34 and a truly beautiful Duesenberg and Cadillac V16.

Also all the other recommendations like bovinton hendon etc are very good museums as well.

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/13/2014 4:55:37 PM

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+1 on most of the suggestions made; Chatham and Yeovil I particularly liked.

Also, the Museum of Army Aviation at Middle Wallop.

If you want some history further back in time:

If you drive down to Portsmouth from London, then a brief stop at the Semaphore Tower at Chatley Heath is an interesting bit of Naval history.

If you visit Dover, you might also like Deal Castle. Also in that area, and rather older history, is Richborough Roman Fort which I found a fascinating bit of history.

If you want to branch out into industrial history there is Ironbridge Gorge. Also, the railway museum at York, and York is an interesting city itself.

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RE: Boys trip to UK - 10/13/2014 5:58:46 PM

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I'm a volunteer at the national Museum of the Royal Navy here in Portsmouth. I may be able to arrange an after hours behind the scenes tour if you're interested. Also, it is possible hire the Victory for dinner.

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