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Fleet Air Arm Museum Review

Disclosure: We were invited on this day out for the purpose of this post however all opinions are my own.

A couple of weekends ago we were invited to visit Fleet Air Arm Museum. This is the sort of place that Dave loves – so much history and things to learn – and I wondered how the children would find it as a family day out.

The Fleet Air Arm Museum is part of a Royal Navy Air Base and so from the moment we got there we could see military aircraft taking off and landing which was pretty amazing.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum

You enter Fleet Air Arm Museum up some stairs to the top floor however there is also an accessible route for wheelchairs and pushchairs on the ground floor. The whole museum is in a set of interlinked hangers which guide you smoothly from one to the next.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum

Inside Fleet Air Arm Museum there was so much to look at – and so much to read and learn. We didnโ€™t get a chance to do much of the reading and learning because the children were more keen to just look at things but older children or adults visiting without young children would be able to learn a lot about the history of Royal Navy aircraft.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum

The children loved looking at all of the aircraft – everything from helicopters to a concorde! They even got to climb aboard a rescue helicopter and make their way down the length of the concorde. These were aspects the children really enjoyed and there were so many interactive exhibits, things to touch and play with that the children felt really involved throughout our day out.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum

There was a mock up of the fleet carrier HMS Ark Royal as it would have appeared in the 1970’s. This was accessed by a simulated helicopter ride which we skipped purely because by this point the children were hungry and a bit restless and the 40 minute length of this guided tour would have been a bit much for them so instead we finished off our trip with a wander round the gift shop and a stop at the Swordfish Restaurant for lunch.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum

The restaurant was nice, with a good view of aircraft taking off and landing. It had a good choice of hot meals for the children or a lunch box style cold lunch. For adults there was a varied hot menu or many sandwich choices as well as a good selection of hot and cold drinks.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum

We had a really nice time at the Fleet Air Arm Museum and the children loved the interactive exhibits and the amount of planes and things to look at. We spent a morning there but with older children Iโ€™m sure the visit could easily last all day.

Review: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Fleet Air Arm Museum Review

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  • Donna Wishart is married to Dave and they have two children, Athena (13) and Troy (11). They live in Surrey with their two cats, Fred and George. Once a Bank Manager, Donna has been writing about everything from family finance to days out, travel and her favourite recipes since 2012. Donna is happiest either exploring somewhere new, with her camera in her hand and family by her side or snuggled up with a cat on her lap, reading a book and enjoying a nice cup of tea. She firmly believes that tea and cake can fix most things.

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3 Comments

  1. Oh wow, I know a certain little boy who would absolutely love this, Ethan is obsessed with planes at the moment! Totally obsessed! I’ve just looked it up and sadly it’s quite far from us, but it’s great to know what places like this exist! It looks like you all had a lot of fun. xx

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