beerwolf Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Had a mooch out to Cambridge yesterday to visit the IWM at Duuxford, I have been meaning to go for sometime so yesterday I finally made it. Just thought I'd recommend it to you at WATMM HQ, if you are thinking of going be sure to. Have to say the icing on the cake was the American hanger, after seeing English Electrics, Concorde, Sea Kings, DoodleBugs, Tonadoes, Marine Spitfires etc etc and then walking into a room (which in itself was pretty awesome) And walking in head on to a B52 Stratofortress was awe inspiring, plus the mindblowing Blackbird and A-10, and U2, F-111, and Tomahawks heheh etc etc.. Wow what a cool place. Finished up in Cambridge supping fine ales too. The only downer was the few hours I had to spend on public transport with a dead mp3 player lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAh Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 yer it good isn't it. so many tanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I grew up not too far from there. I wanted to be a pilot when I was a kid, so it was pretty magical for me too. I used to love getting into the cockpits of the planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 It's a bit weird admiring so many vehicles of doom. Some poor people have been on recieving end of most of those planes, so it's a bit strange having a nice day calmly taking it all. Still awesome though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Yeah, there's a bit of cognitive dissonance there - I'm about as anti-war as anybody can be - but planes are just cool, military or civilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonny Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Like Iain C I grew up quite close to Duxford and so went there several times on school trips. It's a cool place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I grew up not too far from there. I wanted to be a pilot when I was a kid, so it was pretty magical for me too. I used to love getting into the cockpits of the planes. me too, also grew up close to this...been many times over the years. last time was 2010 with my old man I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAh Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 my favorit is the blackbird and the concord! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonny Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 East Anglia WATMM reprezent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 East Anglia WATMM reprezent. We're here, we're queer, we have webbed toes and drink warm beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonny Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 East Anglia WATMM reprezent. We're here, we're queer, we have webbed toes and drink warm beer. LOL To be fair I'm from Essex, not really EA but I like you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 wasn't born there but moved to Ramsey, Cambridgeshire when I was 5, have lived in Warboys, Baston, Market Deeping (woop woop!), Peterborough and Stamford before finally getting the fuck out of there about 7 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 [youtubehd]OlbgtjvISzo[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I'm still astounded that there's a place called Warboys. Warboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 lol it's a quality name... about the most interesting thing about the place is the Witches of Warboys trial hundreds of years ago. that and the drug problem anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 but when I was 13 I thought it was the best place ever...learned all my naughty ways there. stole a van at 13 with 4 other lads and drove it to Cambridge at 1am or something. nearly all died multiple times. got into weed there, booze, baggy jeans and rave music....aaah memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAh Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Mr Amar is a very nice man/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 This is now an East Anglia / Fenland thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Frank Perkins Parkway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Spalding. Guyhirn. Whittlesey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Gosberton. Tongue End. Langtoft. It's grim in the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 East Anglia WATMM reprezent. We're here, we're queer, we have webbed toes and drink warm beer. I actually do have webbed toes and often drink warm beer.... I'm from just outside London though so, I dunno?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Have to say the icing on the cake was the American hanger, after seeing English Electrics, Concorde, Sea Kings, DoodleBugs, Tonadoes, Marine Spitfires etc etc and then walking into a room (which in itself was pretty awesome) And walking in head on to a B52 Stratofortress was awe inspiring, plus the mindblowing Blackbird and A-10, and U2, F-111, and Tomahawks heheh etc etc.. It's quite remarkable that they were able to land the B-52 at Duxford: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSIGd6COFb8 As a big aviation and military buff I can easily say Duxford is my favorite museum. The closest thing to Duxford in terms of overall collection is the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio which has quite a few one-of-a kind X-planes, most notably the XB-70... Do they still have the tank collection and that random tube from the super-gun Saddam was allegedly building? I went there in 2001 - just curious if they changed the layout at all. It's a bit weird admiring so many vehicles of doom. Some poor people have been on recieving end of most of those planes, so it's a bit strange having a nice day calmly taking it all. Still awesome though. It's even stranger when your parent was in the USAF - I was born at RAF Lakenheath in 1986 and lived there again in 1999 for a couple of years. So this thread is particularly relevant to me personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAh Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 That b52 is one hell of a plane. wasn't born there but moved to Ramsey, Cambridgeshire Do you remember the Grand cinema? it was demolished a couple of years ago and is now a crap library. thay also built a massive tesco. Stewards hardware of warboys has shut too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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