Elvington is a great day out, But a few facts, the halifax is a 1to 1 scale model, it will never even get its engines fired up, just as well really, the propellor pitch is the wrong way! The wings are indeed of Halifax design, but, like the avro york, that used lancaster bits, they are off the transport version, but, its a superb build,
The runway is 3 miles long,
Its no longer an emergency Nasa landing ground, as the shuttle is no longer used, but it was indeed listed as an emergency landing ground for shuttle, that would have been fun in the dark! No runway lights
Elvington was a halifax base for the free french, and battled with honour, there is a big hard to see depression, where a Halifax crashed on take off, the whole bomb load going up
