The friendly folks over on VolvoTuning.net have asked me to share what looks to be one of the biggest meets of the year, with the opportunity to make it even bigger with members of VPC joining the Meet:
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford - Shropshire TF11 8UP
Sunday 16th November
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/
There is no admittance fee.....it's free. The only charge is £2.50 per car to park in the car park.
The museum itself is home to over a thousand aircraft from all eras of flight, what's more its mostly indoors so regardless of the November weather we'll be nice and dry inside.
Once inside it's admittance all areas, there is a Costa Coffee Shop and Restaurant for those wanting a Sunday Roast dinner and as a premier attraction its very family friendly with lots to keep younger and more fidgety visitors happy....
The big attractions are:
1) The cold war exhibit that has all three Big British V Bombers....if you've not seen these before or up close they are huge aircraft and all the fast interceptor jets like the AVRO Lightning's are here and are all suspended from the roof allowing you to walk under and over them.
2) The older World War 2 aircraft are also present, Spitfires, Hurricanes, US Mustangs and a Lancaster Bomber as well as some German aircraft including the Dornier 17 which was recently pulled up from the bottom of the English Channel and is being restored.
3) Hanger 1 contains the aero engines, everything from the piston driven Merlin to a huge modern day Rolls Royce Trent Jet engine which powers the Airbus A380. Most of these are cut away so if the guys are into their engineering, which being on here on this site we know they are, then this Hanger is a must see.
As for the agenda.....it's currently suggested:
10:30 - 11:00 Arrive at RAF Cosford.
11:15 - 11.30 Social catch up, general banter & pi$$ take - Group photos
11:30 - 14:00 Tour Museum
14:00 - 14:30 Further photo opportunity Cars and Planes
14:30 Leave in convoys
Already looking like a popular meet - we are looking at a dedicated VolvoTuning carpark with a selection of aircraft in the background making for some good photo opportunities.
Attendees so far:
- twig
- millsy, mrs millsy & mini millsy's
- nosh
- mr evans
- immi
- tomcat
- biff
- deathrider
- s7010v
- dew1911
- P Fandango
- Claymore
- Mark Lewis & Co
- PaulT5estate
- PGM
- Endo
- Harry
- FayeC70
- T5 Pete
- djdarrenpilk
- pookie
- thanatos
- Kwk
- robbob144
- craigoodwood on vpc
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