48 hour pass in London - What's your list?

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:05 pm

Wasn't there a pub where all of the WWII guys drank called the Eagles Nest or something

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

mustangdriver wrote:

Wasn't there a pub where all of the WWII guys drank called the Eagles Nest or something

You're probably thinking of The Eagle in Cambridge

(and I don't think they all drank in there, just some of them! :lol:

)

JDK · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:05 pm

Science Museum National Aeronatical Collection - the world's second most significant collection of original history-making aircraft.

BTW Mudge, you arent supposed to be able to use a full size tripod there... -although I have without knowing the rule!

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

JDK wrote:

Science Museum National Aeronatical Collection - the world's second most significant collection of original history-making aircraft.

Refer to the second post, James

Quote:

BTW Mudge, you arent supposed to be able to use a full size tripod there... -although I have without knowing the rule!

I once tried contacting them in advance to ask for permission. They said that they would need to have a risk assessment done on my tripod, and, as I was 'only a freelance' they couldn't justify sparing the staff to do so. On my visit there the following week, I spent my time dodging screaming kids, and stepping around abandoned strollers dumped in the middle of gangways.

It's still a great collection though, and well worth the visit. There's some pretty cool stuff in the rest of the museum too, including a pre-war Napier Lion-engined powerboat.

Airlift48 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 744

I know where I'd go..

Abbey Road Studios.. and Apple Inc on Saville Row.

But that's the Beatlemaniac in me..

Mudge · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:15 pm

JDK wrote:

Science Museum National Aeronatical Collection - the world's second most significant collection of original history-making aircraft.

BTW Mudge, you arent supposed to be able to use a full size tripod there... -although I have without knowing the rule!

So have I. Nobody said a word.

Mudge the stealthy :hide:

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:51 am

Mike wrote:

JDK wrote:

Science Museum National Aeronatical Collection - the world's second most significant collection of original history-making aircraft.

Refer to the second post, James

Sorry, Mike. Comes of making a quick post off the iPhone sitting in the RAAF Museum car park! I meant to say, backing up Mike's earlier post...

I reiterated Mike's comment as it's one of the most important collections out there; certainly the most under-rated yet significant one.

If nothing else it's worth going to say a 'thank you' to the E28/39 which is the ancestor to the British, US and Allied jet programme and crucial to the development of the jet era world we live in.

Mudge wrote:

JDK wrote:

BTW Mudge, you arent supposed to be able to use a full size tripod there... -although I have without knowing the rule!

So have I. Nobody said a word.

Mudge the stealthy :hide:

Maybe you, I and Mike should start a secret club? :lol:

maradamx3 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:15 am

Mike wrote:

Science Museum in South Kensington. One of the world's most significant collections of historic airframes. First British jet, first aircraft to fly the Atlantic (9 years before Lindbergh

), only surviving Fokker Eindekker, Supermarine S6B (and the Schneider trophy itself). It is well worth a visit, and easily accessible by tube (English for subway!). There's also a great collection of aero engines.

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmu ... light.aspx

+1
Plenty to see, tons of interesting history and information. I was amazed at the number of aircraft engines in the collection. Best part of all...... it's FREE!
Tommy

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1672

There is also the RAF church, St. Clement Danes, downtown London. Perfect if you need to kill an hour. Wonderful little air force hideaway in the City, with a quality of reverence that is remarkable. Many displays.

And don't forget the Battle of Britain memorial on the Thames embankment, if you're walking along looking for a pub.

And drink the "Spitfire Ale". Consider it your duty!

Dave

StangStung · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:52 am

Thanks a ton to the greatest collective warbird brain out there! I'll let you all know how it turns out.

Cheers,
Brad

And btw Airlift...I checked Abbey Road off the list the last time 'round. I don't know if you can tour it now, but you certainly couldn't when I was there. Saville Row...haven't made it there yet that's a great idea!

Airlift48 wrote:

know where I'd go..

Abbey Road Studios.. and Apple Inc on Saville Row.

But that's the Beatlemaniac in me..

Mudge · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:29 am

JDK wrote:

Mike wrote:

JDK wrote:

Science Museum National Aeronatical Collection - the world's second most significant collection of original history-making aircraft.

Refer to the second post, James

Sorry, Mike. Comes of making a quick post off the iPhone sitting in the RAAF Museum car park! I meant to say, backing up Mike's earlier post...

I reiterated Mike's comment as it's one of the most important collections out there; certainly the most under-rated yet significant one.

If nothing else it's worth going to say a 'thank you' to the E28/39 which is the ancestor to the British, US and Allied jet programme and crucial to the development of the jet era world we live in.

Mudge wrote:

JDK wrote:

BTW Mudge, you arent supposed to be able to use a full size tripod there... -although I have without knowing the rule!

So have I. Nobody said a word.

Mudge the stealthy :hide:

Maybe you, I and Mike should start a secret club? :lol:

Could we have a secret handshake and a membership card? Maybe a tattoo!

Mudge the excited :drink3:

ZRX61 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am **Posts:** 2308

StangStung wrote:

Yeovilton, Duxford & Shuttleworth - though I'm afraid this may be too far afield if I wind up having to make the familial visit on Sat. afternoon...but maybe a trip to the country will sound in comparison good after the English brunette suggestion gets shot down?
:drink3:

Duxford is only about 50 miles from London..

Mudge · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:59 pm

I'd suggest, in the following order, your priorities:
1) Duxford
2) Well...Duxford
3) uhhh, lemme' think. Oh, I know...Duxford.

Too subtle?

Mudge the succinct :roll:

StangStung · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:40 pm

^^^Ain't gonna get to see anything I can't take the tube directly to see, on orders of the commanding officer.

Brad the repetitive.

Mudge · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:02 pm

StangStung wrote:

^^^Ain't gonna get to see anything I can't take the tube directly to see, on orders of the commanding officer.

Brad the repetitive.

PFFFT...Go anyway. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission. :twisted:

Mudge the forgiving :hide:

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