title A Visit to IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire - 17th August 2026 intro Nosher and the boys are off to Duxford for the day. This time, we discover that the Lancaster has moved out of the main hanger and there's now a chance to get up close and even have a look inside, so after we've had a good look around the rest of the museum, we return at 2pm for an interesting talk about the iconic plane and its history, before the chance to actually climb aboard and have a look. We also check up on the Shackleton - the type of plane that the Old Man was based on for several years at RAF St. Mawgan - which is still in the process of being rebuilt. imgp1847 There's a Panavia Tornado in the transit hangar imgp1848 The Lancaster has moved out of the main hangar imgp1852 The front end of the Lancaster imgp1860 A five-bladed propellor on a Spitfire F.24 imgp1862 Irreverent humour on an armoured car imgp1864 A Handley-Page Hastings, from the side imgp1865 Harry takes a photo of bombs imgp1869 Concorde's engine bay imgp1871 The tailpipe of a Rolls-Royce Olympus imgp1872 Harry walks through Concorde 101 imgp1873 Fred on Concorde imgp1876 Concorde's oxygen tanks imgp1877 Harry takes a photo of something imgp1879 The flight deck of Concorde imgp1884 A Sea Harrier is dwarfed by giant aircraft imgp1888 Duxford's got a new Hollywood-like sign imgp1890 A Gloster Gladiator is rebuilt imgp1892 A shiny plane is down to bare metal imgp1896 An engineer works on the Gladiator imgp1898 Some aeroplane part is filed imgp1900 A Westland Lysander is also being rebuilt imgp1902 A late-model Spitfire in a hangar imgp1906 There's a visiting Catalina PBY imgp1908 Dan-Air's Avro York is outside in the sun imgp1909 The boys roam around imgp1914 P-51D Mustang "Tall in the Saddle" imgp1921 Fred roams around another hangar imgp1923 Harry has a little sit down imgp1932 A reminder that Gauntlets can fly for quite a while imgp1936 More engineering in the restoration hangar imgp1937 An ad-hoc workshop imgp1938 Shack attack: the Shackleton rebuild continues imgp1940 One of the Shackleton's contra-rotating props imgp1941 Harry and Fred imgp1944 The Shackleton is down to bare metal imgp1945 An exposed engine bay imgp1947 Harry looks around imgp1949 A section of fuselage imgp1952 A 12" gun imgp1957 A vertical stabiliser and rudder imgp1960 The shiny metal of B-24 Liberator "Dugan" imgp1964 Harry gifts some of his head grease to a B-52 imgp1966 The funky 50s styling of a B-52 engine nacelle imgp1967 Airfix decals all over an F-15 imgp1972 Mission stickers and a crinkly B-52 fuselage imgp1976 The front of an F-15 imgp1982 Harry takes a photo down part of a supergun imgp1984 Fred roams around near the SR-71 imgp1986 The boys wander past the outdoor British planes imgp1988 A BOAC Comet 4 imgp1994 A Vickers Viscount 701 imgp1998 The undercarriage of the mighty Lancaster imgp2002 The tour guide dude continues imgp2004 Looking towards "tail-end Charlie" imgp2006 The tail end of a Lancaster imgp2008 The cramped inside of a Lnacaster bomber imgp2009 A tantalising glimpse of the cockpit imgp2014 Harry wanders around imgp2017 Harry gets another photo imgp2027 Fred and Harry underneath the Lancaster imgp2036 Duxford's giant AirSpace hangar imgp2040 A Hurricane comes in to land imgp2054 The Hurricane taxis to its parking spot imgp2066 Harry in the museum shop imgp2067 We eat an ice-cream just before we head home