Imperial War Museum Duxford - Sunday 19th March

[stephenevans99]

Duxford Imperial War Museum – Sunday 19th March 2017

INCOMING TRANSMISSION:

VOLVOTUNING ARE HEADING TO DUXFORD




The first of a series of Big Meets for 2017 sees VolvoTuning heading to the world famous Duxford Imperial War Museum.

IWM DUXFORD
CAMBRIDGSHIRE
CB22 4QR

Arriving 09.00 – 17.00

Already looking like a popular meet – Duxford are allocating a dedicated VT parking area between the Hangers and Control Tower. Should make for some brilliant photos.




The museum itself is home to a huge array of aircraft from all eras of flight, what's more it’s mostly indoors so regardless of the weather we'll be nice and dry inside.

Once inside it's admittance all areas with full access to all the larger exhibits:

The Big Exhibits are:

1) The Battle of Britain: At the centre of Duxford’s historic site discover how Britain protected its skies during the Second World War and see how Britain’s air defences developed from the First World War through to the Cold War.


2) American Air Museum: Explore the newly transformed American Air Museum and hear directly from the men and women whose lives have been shaped by their experiences of war.

3) Airspace: Here you can get up-close to some of the most famous aircraft in the world, including the Lancaster, Spitfire, Concorde and Vulcan.

4) Flying Aircraft: See historic aircraft being restored for flight in the Flying Aircraft hangar. Meet the skilled engineers of Duxford’s flying partners, who make these remarkable aircraft fly again and chat to them about their work.

5) Air & Sea: The Air and Sea exhibition takes you on a journey from the First World War to the present day. You'll see naval aircraft and boats from the First World War, the cockpit of the A6M Zero - the most successful Japanese fighter aircraft type of the Second World War and the aircraft that would have flown against it in operations - the Grumman TBM-3 Avenger.
This impressive hangar is also home to naval aircraft and helicopters from the 1950s, lifeboats, submarines and aircraft that served in the Falklands War.

6) Land Warfare: Experience the size and scale of the amazing military vehicles in our Land Warfare exhibition. Wander through themed landscapes to discover how fighting on the land has changed from the First World War through to modern conflicts.



IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

THIS IS A TICKET ONLY EVENT - ALL TICKETS MUST BE PRE-PURCHASED

• The cost is just £15 per vehicle and this INCLUDES FREE ENTRY to the Museum for ONE ADULT.

• Each additional Adult can pre-purchase Museum tickets at the discounted rate of £15 (usually £18)

• Child Tickets (Ages 5-15) can also be pre-purchased at the discounted rate of £6.30 (usually £9)

• Under Fives are FREE


FREE ENTRY for one Carer accompanying a Visitor with a Disability.


BUYING YOUR TICKETS:

To secure your discounted tickets, please send payment via PayPal (using ‘Send Money to Friends & Family’ option) to:

stephenevans99@aol.com

Please add in the payment notes the following details:

1. Name of Driver
2. Vehicle Registration
3. Number of Additional Adult & Child Tickets purchased
4. Your Email address

Once you have purchased your Tickets to this awesome event, we will email your Vehicle Pass for you to print off at home at A4 size.

THE VEHICLE PASS MUST BE DISPLAYED IN YOUR WINDSCREEN to gain entry.

Deadline for purchasing Tickets is Sunday 11th March.

A few Duxford Rules:

• Vehicles must obey the speed limit of 5mph on site
• Vehicle movement is prohibited once on site and parked up by marshals
• Any request or instruction from IWM staff must be complied with in all circumstances
• No dogs are allowed on site - this is a Civil Aviation Authority safety precaution for all live airfields
• No barbeques or gas appliances are allowed on site
• It is against the law to smoke in any buildings at the museum
• Vehicle owners that are aware of leaks on their vehicles must bring pans to avoid contamination of the grass and hard-standing areas
• Please take all waste home or deposit it in our wheelie bins
• IWM Duxford reserves the right to request a club/ member to leave the premises at any time


For more details of this and future events:

https://www.facebook.com/events/230856757374600/

[pookie]

What a fabulous place for a meet!!
VT scores again!!

Salut!

Pookie

[tt82]

Same weekend as the AGM unfortunately.

[stephenevans99]

Originally Posted by tt82

Same weekend as the AGM unfortunately.

Shame....You'll miss out on a cracking day.

[pookie]

I shall miss you Simon. What's an AGM between friends?


Salut!
Pookie

[tt82]

Well I'm hoping to bring up the issues experienced by friends at last years Northern Rally!

[stephenevans99]

Originally Posted by tt82

Well I'm hoping to bring up the issues experienced by friends at last years Northern Rally!

Much appreciated but I think Mr Wickers has cleared that small issue up to our mutual satisfaction. Come to Duxford....it'll be fun

[pookie]

Oh yes! I'd almost forgotten about that, absolutely appalling episode. Be interesting to hear what the meeting has to say. It's a VOC meet and because some of VOC members are a load of parochial f**kwits don't want any other Volvo enthusiasts to be amongst them, comes to mind.

Salut!

Pookie

[scvolvo]

I grew up nr there and went to uni in Cambridge. It was one of the school trips and always a good day, my dad worked on the prototype Concorde they have.

Should be good must have some new exhibits since I last went.

[stephenevans99]

Last few days for tickets....Looking like a fantastic day out