Sue and I drove there to arrive about 9.30 so we could have the picture with Concorde.
We arrived and already there was about 30 cars there. as the morning went on there was a total of 82 cars.
After our picture we had a look around the museum. It consists of lots of Hangers and Buildings built since it opened in 1907.
Brooklands wouldnt have existed if it wasn't for the volunteers and the work of the trustees who have repaired and restored all the buildings we see today.
taken from wikipedia - "It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain's first airfields, which also became Britain's largest aircraft manufacturing centre by 1918, producing military aircraft such as the Wellington Bomber, the Hawker Hurricane,and civil airliners like the Viscount the Vanguard and the VC-10." Sopwith were based here from 1912, Vickers and Hawker were based here and developed their Planes from 1930s to 1989.
The museum has a good selection of racing cars and motorbikes from 1907 to recent ones such as Mclaren and Formula E.
Plenty of planes from a Wellington bomber being restored to Harrier Jump jets that were developed here and at Duxford.
They also have a large collection of Buses from early 1930s up to the latest electric bus. you can see how they are built and work. seeing a routemaster rolling chassis without its body was amazing, i used to go on these in london. During the day we stopped and had a lovely lunch at the Cafe . You needed a whole weekend to see everything on show. Well worth a visit.
Alex DRO