American Air Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK
The American Air Museum at Duxford is an awesome museum. Not so much the aircraft but the actual building itself. It is built into a bank and is just stunning. The aircraft and articfacts are extremely interesting and it was here that I saw my first SR-71 Blackbird. The museum is in honour of all airmen and aircraft that have been ionvolved in wars around the world. More importantly, the price paid by WW2 airmen. The walkway up to the entrance has a glass wall with several thousand aircraft (B-17's mainly) etched into the wall, representing the aircraft lost in the war. A very disturbing amount of aircraft and men involved! The largest aircraft is the B52 bomber and takes up an fair amount of space. A very interesting object is one piece of Saddam Hussein's Supergun. It is a tube made of high quality steel and when bolted together would have made a huge gun for Hussein to toss large bombs around the area!
Also well worth the visit. Duxford is an amazing place for the aviation enthusiast - plan on a two day visit to this wonderful place.
Photographs taken with a Canon 30D and 17-85mm lens.
