Like you already saw in my review of the Emirates Aviation Experience, including the A380 simulator, I have a certain crush for being a virtual pilot for just an hour or so. In mid August 2019, my wife Sarah and…
Flugausstellung Peter Junior (Hermeskeil)
The next cities around are Trier, Sankt Wendel or Idar-Oberstein – the small city of Hermeskeil could be seen as the one of the hearts of German and European aviation collections – at least, it is home to the Europe’s…
Stockholm Gaming Museum
Video Gaming and arcade machines have been a significant part of my life. I grew up with an Atari 800XL, I loved my Amiga 500 and later I traded PC Engine video games. Thus video game arcades and museums are…
Madrid Railway Museum
Not just due to my favorite flight with LATAM from Frankfurt to the Spanish capital, I love being in Madrid. The city is full of interesting places, great food and interesting museums. A very interesting technical museum is the Madrid…
International Towing & Recovery Museum (Chattanooga TN)
When I select the places I want to visit in a city for flyctory.com, there are typically two kinds sights: first of all, there are the must-dos – these places where at most “I did not have sufficient time to…
Civil Defense Heritage Gallery (Singapore)
The historic Cental Fire Station is one of the most iconic landmarks in Singapore. While you likely pass by this beautiful building, you may miss to have a look inside – it hosts the Civil Defense Heritage Gallery, a museum about police,…
Concorde Technical Tour at Manchester Airport
On the return trip from Singapore and Malaysia, I had more or less a whole day around Manchester before I went back to Germany. After leaving the Airport, I first went to Runway Visitor Park at the edge of Manchester…
Science History Institute Philadelphia
Just around all the National Historic sites in Philadelphia, there is a load of additional museums, which are more or less worth visiting. One of these museums, which is located right next to the Benjamin Franklin Museum, is the Science…