Boeing Factory Tour
Boeing aircraft factory and museum Psst! Wanna see the biggest American airliners being constructed in the biggest shed in the world? Go North, young man, from San Francisco to Seattle, […]
Author: Geoffrey Cole
Born 1945, joined RANC 1961, graduated 1964. Trained as a Supply Officer and retired in 2000.
Cradle of Aviation
Cradle of Aviation, Bethpage In less than 100 years New York’s Long Island has seen aviation and aerospace grow from a group of virtual backyard tinkerers into centres of excellence […]
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Getty Museum, Los Angeles The Getty Museum entrance, from the tram terminal. It’s not a maritime, military or aircraft museum, but the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles is […]
Spy Museum
Spies and counterspies museum, Washington Visitors to the new International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, see an introductory movie and are encouraged to choose one of a dozen or more […]
NASM-Washington
National Air and Space, Washington It’s not all high-tech space wizardry at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington DC, but there are so many spectacular sights […]
Udvar-Hazy, Dulles
National Air and Space, Dulles Out near Dulles Airport, Virginia, about 40 minutes by car from Washington, DC, is an important new Smithsonian aerospace facility, the huge Steven F. Udvar-Hazy […]
FAA Museum, Nowra
FAA Museum, Nowra Ex-805 Commanding Officers Fred Lane (left) and Nat Gould admire the Museum’s Sea Fury after the sad 2008 ceremony de-commissioning 805 Squadron. Coincidentally, Nat Gould converted Fred […]
RAAF Point Cook Museum
RAAF Point Cook (Williams) Museum The otherwise immaculate F-51 Mustang looked decidedly dejected, with a big hole where the engine used to be. “It will be flying next week in […]
Sitka museums
Museums in Sitka, Alaska Mount Edgecumbe. This now-dormant volcano features prominently in Tlingit history and culture. Two virtually adjacent museums are well worth a visit for anyone travelling the […]
Virginia Air and Space
Virginia Air and Space Museum The Virginia Air and Space Centre is just one of the dozens of thriving military and civilian historical museums dotted along the coast between Washington, […]