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Museum Stories Dads make a difference This trail has been produced by members of the local community including community project ‘Dads Work’ who have selected their highlights and shared personal stories of the site. Must see: Fantastic Flight. It’s a great place for the whole family to get hands on and discover how and why things fly. Quick quiz 1. Which is the fastest aircraft on site? 2. How many passengers do you think would fly on-board Concorde? Hangar 4, Concorde Experience 3. What colour is the Britten-Norman Islander? Hangar 3, Civil aviation 4. What is special about the way the Hawker Siddeley Harrier takes off? Hangar 2, Military aviation 5. What is unusual about the shape of De Havilland Comet’s windows? Outside Hangar 1 Dawson Creative. by Designed and illustrated Best bit: Must see: “Making planes!” Try making your own Concorde engine Our Concorde, Golf-Bravo Oscar Alpha paper aeroplane in Fantastic Flight. Hangar 4, Concorde Experience Alpha, was the first of her kind to go into Dads Work member service with British Airways, in 1976. When Concorde first took to the skies, she represented a brave new world of 8,064 flights later, she came to rest at scientific and technological innovation. the National Museum of Flight in East The most advanced passenger aircraft Fortune after the Concorde fleet was ever built, she was ahead of her time. decommissioned in 2003. Must see: Supermarine Spitfire 1926 and 1948. The Spitfire at National Hangar 2, Military aviation Museum of Flight was built in July 1945, The Spitfire was the most famous of too late to see combat in the Second all British military aircraft. It played a World War. It flew with a Flying Refresher vital role in the Battle of Britain in 1940. School in Yorkshire which retrained More than 20,000 were built between Royal Air Force pilots. (I’ve learnt) Did you know? “that Concorde isn’t very big inside.” East Fortune is the UK’s best-preserved Dads Work member Second World War airfield..

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