Free spitfire simulator coming to Accrington Food Festival to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day

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Free spitfire simulator coming to Accrington Food Festival to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
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A new free Spitfire simulator experience will be open to the public at the upcoming Accrington Food Festival in honour of the anniversary of D-Day.

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history, Accrington Food Festival is set to host a free spitfire simulator experience on Saturday, June 1. The 1/1 scale MK IX Spitfire features fully functioning analogue instrumentation and flight controls with many original period parts including realistic sound and vibrations.

'In previous years we have had a static full size replica Spitfire on the town square, last year we had the flypast of a Spitfire, and this year we want people to get as close as possible to experiencing the real thing.” 250 Hershey Bars and little parachute men will be handed out to under 12s at 2pm on a first come first served basis from a WW11 military jeep. This is to celebrate the famous Candy Bomber, Col.

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