Inside an incredible 134-year-old building in Manchester, England, I found something I didn’t expect: an Avro Shackleton patrol aircraft. And a massive tandem-rotor Bristol Belvedere helicopter. It’s the Air and Space hall of the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI).
The rest of the museum is across the street, and in addition to science exhibits for kids (and adults) there’s a collection of machines and locomotives from Britain’s steam-laden past.
Though small, it packs in a lot of cool stuff.
Here’s how it looks.
Manchester might not be the first name you think of when it comes to cars or aircraft, but being one of Britain’s industrial engines, it had more than its fair share of transport history. The first train station in the world was here, one of the terminals of the world’s first steam-powered intercity railway. The famous British airplane manufacturer Avro was founded here. So was Rolls Royce. Ford ‘s first British factory was here too.
The Museum of Science and Industry is part science museum (hence the name), part air museum and part rail museum, with a bunch of steam, air and gas engines thrown in for good measure.
