点评:What an amazing and fabulous day we had at the Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport!
I booked the “Platinum Concorde Tour” as a Christmas present for my Engineer husband, who loves the history of airplanes and technical side of the aircraft’s - so glad I did! He is on cloud nine having visited today.
We both had the most enjoyable, amazing and fascinating tour, led by “Commander” Gareth Bond, who’s extensive technical, historical and factual knowledge about Concorde was extremely impressive and was delivered with passionate enthusiasm, humour and the telling of personal stories. Not forgetting Neil Bhoule, who manned the Cockpit, allowing us in, in groups of four, explaining all of its workings in an interesting and easy to understand manner and accommodating photo taking in the Captain’s seat for those keen to have the memory captured. We sat in the seats onboard, we stood under the Concorde G-BOAC fuselage and wings whilst having the many features explained and saw the nose drop and rise twice over. A glass of champagne (or orange juice) was served and we even had certificates to go home with. Thank you so very much, Gareth and Neil!
Thanks also to Louise on Reception, who accommodated my change of booking (twice) in the most pleasant and helpful manner.
Having said all that, Concorde, herself, is undoubtedly the star of the show! A wonderful experience and day out, recommended without a doubt.
翻译:我们在曼彻斯特机场跑道游客公园度过了多么精彩绝伦的一天!
我为身为工程师的丈夫预订了“协和式飞机白金之旅”,作为他的圣诞礼物。他热爱飞机的历史和技术细节——我真是太庆幸自己做了这个决定!他今天参观完后欣喜若狂。
我们俩都享受了一次无比愉快、精彩绝伦的旅程,由“指挥官”加雷斯·邦德 (Gareth Bond) 带领。他对协和式飞机的了解非常渊博,涵盖了技术、历史和各种事实,令人印象深刻。他以饱满的热情、幽默的谈吐和生动的个人故事进行讲解。还有尼尔·布勒 (Neil Bhoule),他负责驾驶舱,让我们四人一组进入参观,用生动易懂的方式讲解了驾驶舱的运作原理,并允许想要留住美好回忆的游客在机长座位上拍照。我们坐在机舱座椅上,站在协和式飞机 G-BOAC 的机身和机翼下,聆听讲解员对各种细节的讲解,还亲眼目睹了机头两次升降。我们享用了一杯香槟(或橙汁),甚至还拿到了证书带回家。非常感谢 Gareth 和 Neil!
还要感谢前台的 Louise,她以最热情友好的态度帮我两次更改了预订。
总而言之,协和式飞机本身无疑是这场体验的亮点!这是一次美妙的旅行,绝对值得推荐。