Trip to Musée de l’air et de l’espace
The “Musée de l’air et de l’espace” is located on the Le Bourget airport in the north of Paris. That journey took me more than an hour from my hotel. I took a train, bus and a 5 mins walk to reach there. Tickets are €7 for the museum, and an additional €2 for a visit to the Boeing 747.
If I am not wrong, the 747 on display is a 747-200 because I don't see any upper deck doors.
The weather was cold around 12-15C and some of the exhibits are either outdoor or in an non heated hanger. Of course I was too engrossed in the exhibits than the cold. I love the 3 stage rocket that was on display! I am amazed how big the nozzle of engine! It is really an engineering marvel!
There is one World War II aircraft I like since schoolboy, it was the Spitfire. Although once I had visited the RAF Musuem at Colindale and the tour guide says that it was actually the Hurricane that won Battle of Britain. The Spitfires were more like the escort planes for the Hurricanes when they going for fleets of Heinkels, Junkers and Dorniers bombers.
Junker bomber
There is of course another personal favourite for modern aircraft for me is the Concorde. The engine used on the Concorde is the Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 generates about 32,000 lbf of thrust. (The new 777-300ER uses the GE90-115B currently the most powerful engine in the world with 115,300 lbf of thrust!)
2 on each wing and 4 altogether!
Well here are some other pictures I took at RAF Museum at Colindale I would like to share.
The infamous P41-Mustang
Pyscomotor test completed!
Next a Commerical Airliner for me?
If I am not wrong, the 747 on display is a 747-200 because I don't see any upper deck doors.
The weather was cold around 12-15C and some of the exhibits are either outdoor or in an non heated hanger. Of course I was too engrossed in the exhibits than the cold. I love the 3 stage rocket that was on display! I am amazed how big the nozzle of engine! It is really an engineering marvel!
There is one World War II aircraft I like since schoolboy, it was the Spitfire. Although once I had visited the RAF Musuem at Colindale and the tour guide says that it was actually the Hurricane that won Battle of Britain. The Spitfires were more like the escort planes for the Hurricanes when they going for fleets of Heinkels, Junkers and Dorniers bombers.
Junker bomber
There is of course another personal favourite for modern aircraft for me is the Concorde. The engine used on the Concorde is the Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 generates about 32,000 lbf of thrust. (The new 777-300ER uses the GE90-115B currently the most powerful engine in the world with 115,300 lbf of thrust!)
2 on each wing and 4 altogether!
Well here are some other pictures I took at RAF Museum at Colindale I would like to share.
The infamous P41-Mustang
Pyscomotor test completed!
Next a Commerical Airliner for me?
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