I had a sizeable gap to the A350 tour, which was commencing at 15:45. That meant that I had plenty of time to do two things: tour the Aeroscopia museum, and have a leisurely lunch.

First up... the museum!

Inside the museum there is a Concorde, A300B and a Super Guppy alongside a load of smaller aircraft both on the floor and suspended from the ceiling.


Internal museum plan - tightly packed in! The building was built with scope for expansion, according to the Internet.

Super Guppy with door in the open position. Such a funny plane.

Inside the open nose of the Super Guppy - cockpit can just about be seen through the middle opening.

A300B with a lovely livery and the black radome.


If I had an A300 I would fit it out like this!

Outside the museum there are five aircraft, two ATRs plus three Airbus aircraft.

A320-100, MSN 001, F-WWAI
A340-600, MSN 360, F-WWCA
A380-800, MSN 002, F-WXXL

You can go onboard the A380, via a two-level boarding building designed to resemble how you would board an A380 in reality.


Imposing view from ground level

Boarding the lower deck via the "jetbridge"

Inside the cockpit

Crew rest immediately behind the cockpit

Up the forward staircase to the upper deck...

Looking back down

Cabin concepts on the upper deck...

...including these rather odd lie-flat seats. I like the glow round the windows however!

Lower deck flight engineer test panel

Imposing wing view with the other prototypes in the background

The A320 and A340 are not accessible to visitors, but are still cool.








On the opposite side of the museum, there is another outdoor area where there is a Concorde (F-BVFC), a Caravelle and a Transall, as well as a weather plane with a very very long nose.



Lovely paint job on this Transall!


My my, what a long nose you have!