Brooklands at Weybridge in Surrey was the worlds first purpose built motor racing circuit constructed in 1907 by wealthy landowner Hugh Locke King. The circuit was the birthplace of British Motorsport, the track being 2.75 miles long and was also the location one of Britains first airfields.
The site is now a museum for motorsport and aircraft.
Grand Prix Exhibiton
Grand Prix Exhibiton
Grand Prix Exhibiton
Grand Prix Exhibiton
Classic Raleigh Wisp
Dan Air
The Great Door of the Stratosphere Chamber
Inside the Stratosphere Chamber. It was designed to test aircraft to conditions experienced at high altitude and in tropical regions. Also used in proof-testing such as naval guns, clear vision windows, torpedo launchers and airfield and marine radar
Delta wing of Concorde G-BBDG
Wellington WWII bomber ‘R’ for Robert recovered from Loch Ness
Wellington WWII bomber ‘R’ for Robert recovered from Loch Ness
First production Concorde G-BBDG
Banked racing circuit
View of the aircraft park
VC10 tail fin
Inside the Sultan of Omans VC10
The Brooklands Museum has a large collection of motoring and aviation exhibits ranging from racing cars, motorcycles and push bikes to of Hawker and Vickers/ BAC-built aircraft, including a Second World War Wellington Bomber, Viking, Varsity, Viscount, Vanguard, VC10, BAC One-Eleven and the first production Concorde to carry 100 passengers at mach 2, the ‘passengers’ being employees testing the air condition system!
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