“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

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

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

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

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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