The next major museum we went to was Brooklands, in London. which is an eclectic mix. Home of the British Motor Racing club you can still see sections of the original track built in 1906.
The key attraction is the only Concorde in south-east England. Here are a pair of engines showing the thrust reverser of one.Th Olympuses were big powerful turbojets.
A photo to set anyone's heart racing, a Concorde at takeoff.
Brooklands is also home to the London Bus Museum, which is surprisingly interesting. In the 1920 there were lots of independent buslines but eventually they were all nationalised into one.
Brooklands also has a nice range of motorcycles.
And racing cars, as you might expect at the home of British motor sport.
This gorgeous Mustang belongs to one of the volunteers.
This very attractive Hunter was a hit.
Brooklands had until the late 1960s a large Vickers Aircraft factory and the museum is mostly of Vickers aircraft and missiles which were built there. This wellington was fished out of Loch Ness and has been deliberately kept as found. The fabric has rotted away but the geodetic metal construction is very clear.
Tail gunners must have been a special breed. It was a lonely, cold, frightening, and deadly game.
This Hawker Fury is a reconstruction but looks fab.
This VC10 fuselage has good interior displays.
This enormous testing chamber was built by Barnes Wallis to enable aircraft to be tested at representative high altitudes.
Star of the show, Concorde was extraordinarily beautiful.
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