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I went to this a few years ago during some unemployment - there were several interactive exhibits not working or shut down, and some sponsorships I wasn't 100% comfortable with. But the sheer volume of aircraft was impressive, and I think they had some kind of Biggles-based temporary exhibit, which really took me back. Glad to hear the refresh has done it proud.
Ben | 18.07.18 - 7:40 a.m. | #
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I have been to this museum.
I have not been to this museum recently.
I like aeroplanes.
John | 18.07.18 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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I went to Hendon once. I have also been to the Brooklands museum which has old civilian aircraft on display-and you can go inside them.
John | 18.07.18 - 8:41 a.m. | #
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Growing up fairly close by I remember hopping on my bike to see either the Queen or Prince Charles visit in the late 1970s. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the opening as I'd have been too young to go by myself then.
My dad did a spell of restoration volunteering there when he retired until he became one of those Angry Old Men, unhappy with the direction in which things were going, and now it must be nearly 15 years since I last visited, when my kids were little. I remember we couldn't get any of the "interactive" things to work then either!
Cornish Cockney | 18.07.18 - 9:57 a.m. | #
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A museum dedicated to the technology of killing people ever more efficiently from the sky.
Might be what it would be called if we were being literal.
The normalisation of industrial slaughter / war by weaving it into the fabric of 'heritage' sits uneasily. A cracking day out if you're OK with it I suppose. But the thought of generations of children being drip fed 'War is normal' messages on school trips to this place gives me the creeps.
drD | Homepage | 18.07.18 - 12:08 p.m. | #
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Last went there a few months ago when the work was still being done, but will have to go back now!
Mikey C | 18.07.18 - 12:42 p.m. | #
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I visited last Thursday, and just went around Hanger 1, snapping lots to put on Facebook. Then went back yesterday to take in the Age of Uncertainty exhibits...they are still installing panes of glass and the rooms by the front lift are still to be filled. I enjoyed both visits and will go again soon to re-discover the rest.
I then got the bus to Harrow and visited Headstone Manor, as I had seen it on your blog. The main hall was closed off as a local deluge last week made the moat overfill, and they had a dehumidifier running to dry out the floor tiles. Still a very interesting place and thanks for the heads up. All the other local museums you have mentioned are next on my list. Thanks again.
Doug Robinson | 18.07.18 - 2:33 p.m. | #
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I spent 16 years in London and never even heard of this place, yet alone visited it!
Maybe I missed out.
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 18.07.18 - 3:56 p.m. | #
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I used to have a similar feeling to DrD about all war museums. But I've softened my attitude slightly, realising that war has always been part of human history, and even if (as I would ideally like) war will soon cease, the history will will still be fascinating. And of course it's not just a history of working out ways to kill people, but also of working out ways to defend people against others who would kill them, a rather more noble enterprise.
Malcolm | 18.07.18 - 9:03 p.m. | #
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I was working for a private London art gallery in the late 1980s and in return for a generous donation, the RAF Museum allowed us to use one of their biggest hanger walls to install and photograph new large scale multi-panel Gilbert & George artworks. This had to be done overnight, working with the camera equipment set up under the delta wing of the museum's Vulcan bomber. An eerie experience. Most images you see of G&G's artworks from throughout the 1980s were actually photographed in the museum on these all night sessions.
Jeremy D | 18.07.18 - 11:59 p.m. | #
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