WONZ 278 – Wings Over Britain: Brooklands Museum

Guests: Andrew Lewis and Allan Winn

Hosts: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 29th of June 2023

Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 13 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Andrew Lewis and Allan Winn at the Brooklands Museum, at Weybridge, Surrey, in England. Brooklands was the home of British motor racing, and also the home of Vickers Weybridge, a centre of innovation and manufacturing for the British aviation industry since 1915.

Andrew is the curator of the museum’s collection, and Allan is the past Director and CEO of Brooklands Museum, and is now the vice president of the Brooklands Trust. Allan also happens to be an ex-pat New Zealander, and his leadership of the museum has helped to create the amazing place that is is these days.

The two men discuss the history of the site and the creation of the museum, and talk about the important aircraft and artefacts within the collection. And they discuss their favourite exhibits, and the huge importance that they put on the museum of not just telling the stories of the past, but also inspiring the younger generations into the fields of engineering and aerospace.