点评:What a lovely surprise it was for us as a family. For a mother's day treat, I wanted to travel over from Chester back to my old home town of Stockport, and this came up on my Trip Advisor Research. It was well worth the visit.
It is a small museum, with a lot of reading, and if, like me, you didn't already have an interest or fasincation with airplanes, it might seem a little overwhelming at first. However, I learned enough from skim reading to get an understanding of how important this place had been when it was an airfield and airplane factory from the early 20th Century. It was a hugely important contributer to the air war effort in both world wars and you will learn much about air plane design just from looking at the photos and models alone. As you wander around, you can look up and see life sized models of examples of some of the aircraft that were significant in the history of AVRO.
The highlight was the expertise provided to us by ex RAF men and volunteers, who gave us tours of various craft interiors. You pay extra for these tours, but only by a few pounds on top of your general entry ticket , and they are definitely worth it. The aircraft interiors are so tight, you can only take a tour with 3 or 4 people - a family.
This was a unique part of the experience. Crammed into a Lancaster or a Vulcan - with the chance to sit in the cockpit, or to imagine you are a radio operator, a navigator, or the person who presses the release button for a bomb - it is certainly an illuminating experience.
I have to mention also that all the staff here were so chatty and friendly - from the lady at the front desk to the ladies in the cafe upstairs. Overall it was a really lovely experience.
翻译:对我们全家来说,这真是一个令人惊喜的发现。为了庆祝母亲节,我想从切斯特回到我的故乡斯托克波特,在TripAdvisor上搜索时发现了这家博物馆。事实证明,这趟旅行非常值得。
这是一个小型博物馆,里面有很多文字资料。如果你像我一样,之前对飞机并不感兴趣,一开始可能会觉得有点不知所措。不过,我粗略地浏览了一下,就了解到了这个地方在20世纪初作为机场和飞机制造厂时的重要性。它在两次世界大战中都为空战做出了巨大贡献,光是看看照片和模型,你就能了解很多关于飞机设计的知识。漫步其中,你还可以抬头看看AVRO历史上一些重要飞机的等比例模型。
最精彩的部分是前英国皇家空军人员和志愿者们提供的专业知识,他们带领我们参观了各种飞机的内部。这些参观活动需要额外付费,但只需在普通门票基础上加几英镑,绝对物超所值。飞机内部空间非常狭小,每次参观最多只能容纳3到4人——一家人。
这绝对是一次独特的体验。挤进兰开斯特轰炸机或火神轰炸机,有机会坐进驾驶舱,或者想象自己是无线电操作员、领航员,甚至是按下炸弹投放按钮的人——这绝对是一次令人难忘的经历。
我还必须提到,这里的所有工作人员都非常健谈友好——从前台的女士到楼上咖啡厅的女士们。总而言之,这是一次非常愉快的体验。