Asia’s Mammoth
as 90 minutes, depending on the
traffic.
The location (well beyond the
city boundaries) means that
returning to Beijing is not always
simple. I haggled a lift from a local
motorist but it may make more
sense to ask your cab driver to
return for you.
Although the majority of the 200-
plus aircraft outside have signs in
both Chinese and English, there
is little in the way of detailed
background to be found. The
only English speaker I
encountered was
running the
quiteefficient cloakroom where you
could store bags instead of lugging
them around.
There are electric golf cars
available for hire and the museum
recommends them for those
who have trouble
walking, as the site
is very large.Noel Forsyth reports from
the sprawling China
Aviation Museum
“A bizarre exhibit is a full-scale mock-
up of a McDonnell Douglas AH-64
Apache attack helicopter, built by a
PLAAF colonel in his spare time”The entry plaza is
dominated by a prototype
Nanchang J-12 lightweight
fi ghter of the 1970s.June 2018 FLYPAST 27