26 April, 2013
Once we had completed photographing the stunning Melrose Abbey we headed off to East Fortune Airfield to visit the Scottish Museum of Flight, the home of the supersonic airliner, Concorde, which was built as a British- French joint venture and first flown in 1969. After the devastating crash in 2000, the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the decision of Airbus to discontinue maintenance support, it was was retired in 2003.
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| Concorde in 1986 (Courtesy of the Internet) |
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| Concorde Cockpit |
East Fortune is a decommissioned airfield that now houses a pelifora of retired military aircraft such as a Canberra bomber, a Phantom and a Harrier jet (of Faulklands fame.) There was also an the exhibition on the uses of the actual airfield during WW I and WW II which was extremely interesting.
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| Inside one of the Hangers. |
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| Some of the planes in the excellent exhibition. |
RAF East Fortune was a fascinating place to visit and of course Tom "had a ball" as he really enjoys being able to "get up close" to all types of military paraphernalia. Each summer the Museum hosts an airshow and that is something we both would really love to see.
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