The WWI hangars, with WWI planes, adjoin a building that was moved, brick by brick, from elsewhere on the site of what used to be the
Grahame-White Aviation Company Limited (it ceased operations in 1924) -
I found myself in
Claude Grahame-White's former office, upstairs, listening to a short talk about the man and his achievements. The only original thing in the room is the fireplace lintel, which has his initials carved in it -
He'd had some "Jacobean" furniture made for his office, and this reconstruction did, too - 2nd generation fake Jacobean furniture.
But it was the planes we were there for - my favourite (not that I've seen them all) is the
Halifax bomber, pulled out of a Norwegian fjord in the 1970s, a casualty of the attempt to sink the
Tirpitz -
It was decided not to attempt to restore it.
Up under the eaves is the control room of His Majesty's
R33 airship, built in 1919 and dismantled in 1928-
Our outcomes -
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| by Janet K |
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| by Joyce |
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by Janet B
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| My airport beacon, WWI vintage |
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