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Aviation Heritage Tour
Highlights
- Explore the Aviation Museum to witness the iconic B52 H and uncover its fascinating history.
- Discover Darwin's rich aviation heritage through guided tours that reveal significant sites and stories.
- Enjoy a family-friendly experience with convenient facilities like carparks and public toilets available.
- Engage in customised tours tailored to your interests, ensuring a personal touch to your aviation adventure.
Interested in planes, cars and motorbikes? Want to learn more about the astounding aviation history of Darwin and surrounds? Well look no further.
Steeped in the history and knowledge of the Northern Territory, BettyBird Tours can show you the sites of special significance all around Darwin City and beyond including a stop at the Aviation Museum to see the B52 H and other wonderful vehicles with a great history to share.
Itinerary highlights
See the B52 named Spirit of Darwin at the wonderful Aviation Heritage Museum
The Darwin Aviation Museum is an accredited Northern Territory tourism attraction hosting and average of 30,000 visitors each year and is the commercial arm of the Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory.
Aircraft include but not limited to a B-25 Mitchell Bomber, P3C Orion, Mirage, Avon Sabre, a Royal Australian Navy Wessex helicopter that assisted in the clean-up of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, F-111C, and the legendary B52 Bomber, and many more displays.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
Service Tags
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Staff are trained in Auslan.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Operation information
BettyBird Tours
A private tour guide that offers personalised tours to public, family and conference groups with included private tour vehicle.
Also specialised as a step-on tour guide, conference group tour leader, hospitality desk services, private tour vehicle and working as a professional artist/illustrator/designer doing commission work for many organisations.
Small private tour groups to a maximum of seven guest offering tailor made tours and outstanding and unique World War II, Litchfield and beyond.
Commissions, murals, illustrations and alot more.
Tags
Accreditations
- National Trust
- State/Territory Bus Operators Accreditation
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Tour Guiding Association
Memberships
- Professional Tour Guide Association of Australia
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