East Midlands aeropark

Another brilliant museum with lots to see is East Midlands aeropark. Situated right next door to the airport at castle Donington,this museum represents great value for money at only £5 quid an adult. with so much to see, it’s well worth a visit.

Starting off with this beautiful Sepcat Jaguar GR3a, XZ369

Darren

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Lovely, good to see it’s in pretty good condition. Such a beautiful plane with such a weird landing gear configuration.

Shame of those drop tanks though…

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Next up, Hawker Hunter FR.10. XJ714

Darren

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It is a cracking looking machine for sure. What do you mean by weired gear configuration ?

Darren

Just look at it, it’s an engineering marvel of over-dimensioning it. And then making it all fit when tucked in.

Clever stuff. I’m an engineer by trade and even I marvel at some of the engineering used in the military.

Another fine example is the v-22 osprey rotor and wing fold. Fantastic!

Darren