Displays
That remark by John Farley about 'simulator guys' sounds very correct; at Tangmere museum, we have 3 'simulators' ( of course they're really just adapted games with decent throttle & stick controls, but with specially written software to involve Tangmere or people / aircraft which flew from there ).
The simulators give the facility to view the aircraft 'from the outside' at various angles - I have noticed people who are not trained pilots find this particularly useful, wheras going by the instruments would leave a big smoking hole in cyberspace...
Must be a lesson there somewhere about intuitive displays.
For those who fancy their chances, one can try to fly a Hunter through Tower Bridge, as was done in reality by a pilot who is a local.
I managed it at a relatively sedate pace, but when I tried to be a smartarse and go under the lower span ( it can be done ) my results were not pretty...
As soon as we are up & running again in March, I'll have another go.
BTW we have a large library available to the public, over 5,000 books.
I know, as I'm one of those cataloguing them !