“I was flying a Tiger Moth over in the UK”

The Imperial War Museum in Duxford is a former airfield and Bob was in aviation heaven.  We took the tube, then a train to Cambridge, then a 45 minute bus trip to get here. The highlight of the day was Bob’s ride and piloting of a Tiger Moth.

Tiger Moth

Tiger Moth

They insisted that Bob wear this jacket – it’s cold up there in the open cockpit, they said.

Capt'n Pike

Capt'n Pike

The ground crew of one was worth the trip. I think England has an abundance of characters.

Click here for the video of some of the ground instruction.  ground crew

IMG_2640Bob said that the “G” means Great Britain. All airplanes have these numbers and the country code. USA is “N”

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You might imagine that an airplane museum needs quite a lot of space. Here are a couple of shots from the American Air Museum building, one of about seven buildings.

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2 Responses to ““I was flying a Tiger Moth over in the UK””

  1. Julie says:

    Bob needs to get one of those jackets for his permanent collection!

  2. Judy says:

    Yeah, that’s quite a jacket!

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