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[Rootes75]

We spent the day at the Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton yesterday. It's a superb day out if you ever get the chance to visit.

Lots of great static aircraft on display and with the historic flight being based there you occasionally see some of the vintage aircraft fly.

I'm very keen on aircraft preservation and the Museum are currently restoring the sole surviving Fairey Barracuda, she was found in a bog in N.Ireland and is in terrible condition. The plan is to restore her over a 10 year period to a static display in the Museum.
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[Keith D]

My son and I visited the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton two years ago when we were last in Britain. We enjoyed the static displays but were fascinated by the imitation 'lift' that represented the lower decks on the HMS Queen Elizebeth aircraft carrier, with 'personel' explaning what was what on each deck. Very cleverly done.
It was a great day out, made even better by our visiting the Haynes motor museum the very next day.

Keith
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[Rootes75]

It is a lovely museum Keith, right on our doorstep but we hardly ever go there. That's often the way isn't it.
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[Rootes75]

As a Birthday treat last week I managed to get myself on a joint tour of the FAA Museum and the Navy Wings charity restoring some classic warbirds.

Very interesting, the museum is great and I've been there a few times but with a guide adds a bit more knowledge.

The Navy Wings Charity is completely separate from the museum even though they are both based at Yeovilton. I had a good look round the restoration hanger and saw an engine replacement underway on their Sea Fury, aswel as their restored Swordfish firing up the engine for checks.
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[Rick]

That sounds like a fun day out!

RJ
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