Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum - as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country.This famous heritage site began as an airfield in the First World War and also played a vital role in the Second World War, firstly as an RAF fighter station and later as an American fighter base.
It cost us about an hour from campus to the Imperial War Museum Duxford by bus. Luckily it was a sunny day today--this can seldom be seen during these days I came here. On the bus we could see the fantastic British rural scenery: the sky was so blue that I only saw in the films and pictures; The air was so clear that I could not help trying to breathe more; The pasture was so green that I wanted to get off the bus and go for a walk on it. The blue sky, the white cloud, the green pasture, the animals,the small house, the flourishing plants formed a harmonious picture which I had never seen it in China. Almost all of us were fascinated by it.
We reached the Imperial War Museum Duxford at about 10.:30am. After Garry bought the tickets, we all hurried into the entrance. The first building we visited is the Airspace. It is Duxford's landmark project celebrates British and Commonwealth aviation from the earliest days with a stunning array of aircraft and exciting interactive displays. Exhibits here include Concorde, Lancaster,Vulcan and Sunderland and so on. In this place we found a lot of models aimed to introduce to principle of how airplane working. And very detailed introductions about the history of airplane and engine industry were also supplied. From the videos, the models and the pictures, we could easily acquire a lot of information related to aircraft and engines.
After going out of Airspace, we visited the Hangar 2. Many of the aircraft in this hanger are airworthy and army be seen flying at Duxford during the summer months.
Then we went to the Hangar 3, Hangar 4 and Hangar 5. From Hangar 3 and Hangar 4, we saw a lot of very famous airplanes and submarines even we found a MTB(motor torpedo boat). Hangar 5 is the conservation and restoration hangar. We saw several museum staff and volunteers working busy on some projects.
After Hanger 5 , we came into the American Air Museum. This place exhibits a lot of very famous military airplane used by American air force, such as SR-17 Blackbird and B-24 Liberator etc.
The last building we visited was the Land Warfare Hall. From this building we found a lot of tanks, military vehicles and artillery. We also saw the exhibits of the Royal Air Force's uniforms
medals in the Second World War.
5 hours passed very quickly. It was a interesting and fantastic visit. The only disappointed thing was that the food in the restaurant was too difficult to eat. We must remember to take some food by ourselves next time.
It cost us about an hour from campus to the Imperial War Museum Duxford by bus. Luckily it was a sunny day today--this can seldom be seen during these days I came here. On the bus we could see the fantastic British rural scenery: the sky was so blue that I only saw in the films and pictures; The air was so clear that I could not help trying to breathe more; The pasture was so green that I wanted to get off the bus and go for a walk on it. The blue sky, the white cloud, the green pasture, the animals,the small house, the flourishing plants formed a harmonious picture which I had never seen it in China. Almost all of us were fascinated by it.
We reached the Imperial War Museum Duxford at about 10.:30am. After Garry bought the tickets, we all hurried into the entrance. The first building we visited is the Airspace. It is Duxford's landmark project celebrates British and Commonwealth aviation from the earliest days with a stunning array of aircraft and exciting interactive displays. Exhibits here include Concorde, Lancaster,Vulcan and Sunderland and so on. In this place we found a lot of models aimed to introduce to principle of how airplane working. And very detailed introductions about the history of airplane and engine industry were also supplied. From the videos, the models and the pictures, we could easily acquire a lot of information related to aircraft and engines.
After going out of Airspace, we visited the Hangar 2. Many of the aircraft in this hanger are airworthy and army be seen flying at Duxford during the summer months.Then we went to the Hangar 3, Hangar 4 and Hangar 5. From Hangar 3 and Hangar 4, we saw a lot of very famous airplanes and submarines even we found a MTB(motor torpedo boat). Hangar 5 is the conservation and restoration hangar. We saw several museum staff and volunteers working busy on some projects.
After Hanger 5 , we came into the American Air Museum. This place exhibits a lot of very famous military airplane used by American air force, such as SR-17 Blackbird and B-24 Liberator etc.
The last building we visited was the Land Warfare Hall. From this building we found a lot of tanks, military vehicles and artillery. We also saw the exhibits of the Royal Air Force's uniformsmedals in the Second World War.
5 hours passed very quickly. It was a interesting and fantastic visit. The only disappointed thing was that the food in the restaurant was too difficult to eat. We must remember to take some food by ourselves next time.
A wonderful blog, and very poetic in the beginning.
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Be careful with your plurals. pastureS, cloudS, houseS,
Watch your articles. aN interesting
YOU are dissapointed, IT is dissapointing
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Mark