Fleet Air Arm Museum
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Overview
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is where museum meets theatre. 'Fly' by helicopter to the replica flight deck of aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. See fighter aircraft and two enormous projection screens showing jet fighters taking off and landing, and even see a nuclear bomb. The Museum has Europe's largest collection of naval aircraft and the first British-built Concorde. The museum is located alongside Europe's busiest military air station at RNAS Yeovilton. There is also a new exterior play area, accessible for all and inspired by the flight deck of the new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year: Apr-Oct, daily 10-5.30; Nov-Mar, Wed-Sun 10-4.30. Closed 24-26 Dec
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
About the area
Somerset remains rural and unspoiled, and ever popular areas to visit are the limestone and red sandstone Mendip Hills rising to over 1,000 feet, and by complete contrast, to the south and southwest, the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Another popular spot, the Quantocks, once the haunt of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth, are noted for their gentle slopes, heather-covered moorland expanses and red deer.
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