February half-term Cold War Experience
Check in for a spytastic adventure at the National
Museum of Flight this February half-term!
Sat 11 – Sun 19 February 2012
Time: 10:00–16:00
Cost: Adult £9.50, £7.50 Concessions, Child £4
(under 5 free), Members free and family tickets available.
Life in the Cold War
50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, this
February half-term the National Museum of Flight will take you back
in time to experience what life was like in the middle of the Cold
War.
- Discover what East Fortune airfield was like during the 1960s,
with guided tours around the site, featuring the Vulcan and
Britain’s own attempt at creating a nuclear warhead, Blue
Streak
- Enter a prize draw to win access to the Vulcan cockpit
- Photographs, object-handling and newsreels from the era
- Family spy trails and craft activities
- Talks about the military aircraft that were in service during
the Cold War
- Reconstructed nuclear air raid shelters and 1960s
memorabilia
Living in fear
Imagine what it was like living in constant fear of nuclear
attack and consider what would have happened to East Lothian, had
the US military’s plans for the airfield really come to pass…
Sited on the best preserved Second World War airfield in
the UK, the Museum’s historical significance does not stop
there. The airfield played an important role during the Cold
War, with the aircraft hangars you can still see today being used
as storage for emergency supplies. Its runways were also
extended with the intention of transforming the site into a US
military base.