Visited the museum at Royal Navy Air Station, Yeovilton.
The Royal Navy led the way in developing naval aviation starting only a few years after the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk.
This is a really nice exhibit. It recreates the deck and inside the 1970s Ark Royal. It starts as you enter the aircraft lift taking you through the innards of the ship, hangars, mess areas, machinery space up to the bridge. There you are greeted by auto activated video presentations given by actually serving current people who contrast the 70's with today.
This is a Concorde that was used for development. It contains lots of 60's instrumentation although it's safety equipment includes a rope ladder and parachutes.
The museum has several historic videos of the role of the RN in several disasters. The actual footage and stories of the Fastnet race storm in 1979 and the Boscastle flood in 2004 are amazing.
Wally doing his bit!
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