{"id":18321,"date":"2024-11-25T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=18321"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:18:21","slug":"drove-to-uk-in-my-jaguar-xjr-visited-the-aviation-museum-in-duxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=18321","title":{"rendered":"Drove to UK in my Jaguar XJR &#038; visited the aviation museum in Duxford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BHPian Jeroen<\/strong>\u00a0recently shared this with other enthusiasts:<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. D and I spend four days in the UK with friends. As always when travelling to the UK, we take the Jaguar. Performed without any problems.<\/p>\n<p>We, particularly Mrs. D, did a lot of early Christmas shopping. She managed to fill the Jaguar&#8217;s boot and the rear seat, too!<\/p>\n<p>In between doing various parcel runs, I managed to visit my favourite aviation museum, IWM Duxford. I did\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/shifting-gears\/146615-imperial-war-museum-duxford-uk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a thread<\/a>\u00a0about my visit in 2014!<\/p>\n<p>The overall collection doesn&#8217;t change much. But several various aircraft have been beautifully restored.<\/p>\n<p>I was very happy to see that they have done a very nice restoration on the Victor bomber. I am always fascinated by this aircraft. Unfortunately, could not get close to it. It&#8217;s set apart whilst still being worked upon.<\/p>\n<p>I visited Duxford in 2018 with Peter during our annual Alfa Spider drive. The Victor was still being restored. I posted this image then:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/pictures\/2024-11\/Screenshot%2020241123%20at%2011.31.48%20AM-2687039.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/608;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BHPian Jeroen\u00a0recently shared this with other enthusiasts: Mrs. D and I spend four days in the UK with friends. As always when travelling to the UK, we take the Jaguar. Performed without any problems. We, particularly Mrs. D, did a lot of early Christmas shopping. 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