Bristol Aerospace Museum

The museum is located on the former Filton airfield in Bristol and is dedicated to the history of Bristol, mainly aircraft but includes motor vehicles, aero engines and other technology as well. We were passing on the M4 with a limited amount of free time so stopped in for a quick look around. There area couple of impressive reproduction aircraft in the shape of a Briston Scout and F2b, a couple of helicopters and some aircraft sections amongst other exhibits. The star of the museum is probably Concorde G-BOAF which flew in to Filton 20 years ago and was the last ever Concorde to fly. As we were limited for time we didn't look inside as we have been in other Concordes in the past. The most interesting element of the visit was a guided tour of the restoration hanagr where there is a complete fuselage of a Bristol Freighter, recovered from New Zealand, and a Bristol Bollingbroke. This was the Canadian version of the Bristol Blenheim light bomber of early WWII. It was recovered from a Canadian farm and is gradually being restored and should be on full display in a couple of years time.