The Malta Aviation Museum is holding an open weekend which hundreds touring its examples of aviation history at Ta’ Qali today.
Ray Polidano, the museum’s administrator, said some 600 people had toured the museum, admiring exhibits such as the restored Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, older examples such as the 1936 ‘Flying Flea’ and more ‘modern’ jet aircraft such as the Vampire, the Meteor and the Fiat GR91.
The young, in particular, enjoyed trying their hand at the controls of a BAC 1-11 passenger aircraft, whose fuselage lies outside the museum hangar.
Also on display were military vehicles and scale models produced by the Society of Scale Modellers.
About 1,000 people visited the museum on Saturday.
The open weekend continues tomorrow Monday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.