Concorde Experience at Museum of Flight, East Fortune
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:28 am
If you haven't been, you need to go!
http://www.nms.ac.uk/museumofflighthomepage.aspx
A piece of truly inspiring British (and French) engineering, vision and reality in a very well thought out setting with something for everyone. Those were the days...
Proved a great way to keep both Eilidh and Granda Reg amused this Easter weekend (neither is an easy task...) and was also an excuse to get my Elise out for a short blast. Too short sadly.
However, I also noted that East Fortune is a potential haven for car photography, maybe even for a bit of a group "meet" en route to some interesting roads sometime. Acres of parking, decent wee cafe, and if you do want a wander round the planes, it's about a fiver or eight quid if you include Concorde (however that deserves an extra 2 hrs to be spent so set aside a special visit I think!).
I love the feeling of old airfields, and trying to piece together their history...and the connection with motorsports (in the UK at least) is of course strong, be it Lotus with their base at an old aerodrome, or many key tracks laid out on them, etc.
[quick edit...eg "East Fortune operated as Edinburgh's airport for a brief period in 1961 while facilities at Turnhouse were rebuilt. Buildings on the opposite side of the airfield from the hospital began to be used by the Royal Museum of Scotland for storage in 1971 and this developed into the Museum of Flight, which opened in 1975."]
I dropped by Lawrence's Spanners en route home and was at least able to contribute to the Sponges aspect, for once. Great stuff.
Campbell
(biggles faction)
http://www.nms.ac.uk/museumofflighthomepage.aspx
A piece of truly inspiring British (and French) engineering, vision and reality in a very well thought out setting with something for everyone. Those were the days...
Proved a great way to keep both Eilidh and Granda Reg amused this Easter weekend (neither is an easy task...) and was also an excuse to get my Elise out for a short blast. Too short sadly.
However, I also noted that East Fortune is a potential haven for car photography, maybe even for a bit of a group "meet" en route to some interesting roads sometime. Acres of parking, decent wee cafe, and if you do want a wander round the planes, it's about a fiver or eight quid if you include Concorde (however that deserves an extra 2 hrs to be spent so set aside a special visit I think!).
I love the feeling of old airfields, and trying to piece together their history...and the connection with motorsports (in the UK at least) is of course strong, be it Lotus with their base at an old aerodrome, or many key tracks laid out on them, etc.
[quick edit...eg "East Fortune operated as Edinburgh's airport for a brief period in 1961 while facilities at Turnhouse were rebuilt. Buildings on the opposite side of the airfield from the hospital began to be used by the Royal Museum of Scotland for storage in 1971 and this developed into the Museum of Flight, which opened in 1975."]
I dropped by Lawrence's Spanners en route home and was at least able to contribute to the Sponges aspect, for once. Great stuff.
Campbell
(biggles faction)
. . . might be pushing it a bit, but if you don't ask you don't get! 
I havn't been since Concorde arrived but Skye has and enjoyed the visit. Would make a good day out for the gang, memories of Rich's Leuchars event 
I know what the WAG bit stands for . . . but what's the 'ACS' bit?