Aviation museums

[straitman]

Anyone been to the air museum at Darwin?

Yes.
Highly recommended. I will attempt to find some pics.
B52 in the centre of the hanger with everything else around it.

 

[PERLHR]

Yes.
Highly recommended. I will attempt to find some pics.

Thanks. Thinking of visiting mid year.

 

[bPeteb]

Anyone been to the air museum at Darwin?

a few weeks ago. Photos in my trip report Kakadon't. Great little museum

 

[Happy Dude]

Go to where it all began! You get a good taste in the National Air and Space Museum in DC but I just had to go to say I've been to Kittyhawk.

Wright Brothers National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)

Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after four years of scientific experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903.<br /><br />With courage and perseverance, these self-taught engineers...

www.nps.gov

Lot of history in this area, The Outer Banks. Very beautiful beaches and coastline. The driving is superb.

 

[TomVexille]

I've heard that the Moorabbin Air Museum has a decent little set up.

And I've always enjoyed a wander through the RNZAF in Christchurch.

 

[bPeteb]

Thanks. Thinking of visiting mid year.

this is the link to the trip report Kakadon't. A wet weekend in the top end.

 

[PERLHR]

I've heard that the Moorabbin Air Museum has a decent little set up.

And I've always enjoyed a wander through the RNZAF in Christchurch.

Yes next time in Melbourne I'm going to do the museum.

Going to CHC in April so hopefully can see the RNZAF

 

[jastel]

Go to where it all began! You get a good taste in the National Air and Space Museum in DC but I just had to go to say I've been to Kittyhawk.

Wright Brothers National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)

Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after four years of scientific experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903.<br /><br />With courage and perseverance, these self-taught engineers...

www.nps.gov

Lot of history in this area, The Outer Banks. Very beautiful beaches and coastline. The driving is superb.

Yes - I wanted to go there but ran out of time and money...
Have done some South Carolina but veered onto the Blue Ridge Parkway so not much of North Carolina....
Next Trip maybe.

 

[PERLHR]

Free museum of the New Zealand Air force. Near to Christchurch airport. Well worth a visit.

 

[luckypierre]

B52 in the centre of the hanger with everything else around it

The B52s and their refueller aircraft KC135s (I think) were regular visitors to Darwin in the mid 1980s, hence a B52 was donated to the museum. Also of interest was a 75 squadron Mirage fighter that was recovered many years later after flaming out circa 1985, just prior to FA18s came to Darwin

 

[clifford]

Not sure if this has been mentioned previously, but there is a nice little historical airpark at TRG (Tauranga airport) NZ (was there last week). Some of the exhibits also fly around the airport. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

 

[Nick C.]

Beijing's aviation museum is unbelievably huge, with hundreds of planes both outside and in a cavernous hangar.

You can board Chairman Mao's private aircraft (attaching my own photos).