FlyPast 03.2018

4 FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018

UK MUSEUMS GUIDE

ANGLESEY

TACLA TAID – THE ANGLESEY
TRANSPORT MUSEUM
A new addition to this year’s listing. Various forms
of transport are featured here including, since the
summer of 2017, a Hunter that used to be the gate
guardian at nearby RAF Valley.

Location and contact info
Address Tyddyn Pwrpas, Newborough, Anglesey
LL61 6TN
Telephone 01 248 440344
Website angleseytransportmuseum.co.uk

Admission info
Times March to October – daily 10.00-17.00hrs
Prices Adults £6.50, senior citizens £5.50, children £4,
family ticket (two adults and two children) £18

Aircraft exhibits
Hawker Hunter T8C WV39 6 S

ANGUS

MONTROSE AIR STATION
HERITAGE CENTRE
RFC/RAF Montrose was the first operational
military airfield set up in Britain, opening in 1913,
and this excellent heritage centre tells its story.
The Hawk Major was received on loan from the
RAF Museum last year, and is on public display for
the first time in years.

Location and contact info
Address Waldron Road, Broomfield, Montrose DD10 9BB
Telephone 01 674 678222
Website http://www.rafmontrose.org.uk

Admission info
Times April 1 to October 31 – Wednesday-Saturday 10.00-
16.00hrs, Sunday 12.00-16.00hrs
November 1 to March 31 – Saturday 10.00-16.00hrs,
Sunday 12.00-16.00hrs
Prices Adults £5, senior citizens and concessions £4,
children free

Aircraft exhibits
Avro Anson C19 TX2 26 R
de Havilland Sea Vampire T22 XA109 S
Gloster Meteor T7 WF82 5 S
MBA Tiger Cub 440 G-MMLM S
Miles Hawk Major DG590 S
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2a (replica) ‘471’ S

Sopwith F1 Camel (replica) ‘B5577’ S

Supermarine Spitfire LFVb (replica) ‘EP121’ S

ARGYLL

OBAN WAR AND PEACE MUSEUM

Displays on the history of the Oban area

include exhibits relating to wartime flying boat

operations from the town.

Location and contact info

Address Old Oban Times Building, Corran Esplanade, Oban,

Argyll PA34 5PX

Telephone 01 631 570007

Website http://www.obanmuseum.org.uk

Admission info

Times February 24-April 22 – daily 10.00-16.00hrs

April 23-October 28 – Monday-Thursday 10,00-

18.00hrs, Friday-Sunday 10.00-16.00hrs

October 29-November 24 – daily 10.00-16.00hrs,

plus Tuesday-Thursday 19.00-21.00hrs

Prices Free

BEDFORDSHIRE

306TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP

MUSEUM

Memorabilia, photos and displays

commemorate the wartime presence at

Thurleigh of the USAAF’s 306th Bomb Group.

Note the museum is “currently closed until

further notice” due to staff illness.

Location and contact info

Address Bedford Technology Park, Thurleigh Airfield,

Bedfordshire MK44 1QU

Telephone 01 234 708715

Website http://www.306bg.co.uk

Admission info

Times Currently closed – see website for details

Prices Adults £3, under 16s free

THE SHUTTLEWORTH

COLLECTION

The famous collection of mainly airworthy

vintage aircraft, founded by the late Richard

Ormonde Shuttleworth, remains one of the jewels

in the crown of worldwide aircraft preservation.

Its airshows from May to October are legendary.

The idyllic 19th-century Swiss Garden, and The

House over in the parklands, are adjacent.

Location and contact info

Address Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome, near

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 9EP

Telephone 01 767 627927

Website http://www.shuttleworth.org

Admission info

Times February half-term to October – daily 09.30-

17.00hrs

November to February half-term – daily 10.00-

16.00hrs

Prices Collection – adults £15, concessions £12, under 16s

free

Swiss Garden – adults £8, concessions £7, under

16s free

Combination – adults £20, concessions £17.50,

under 16s free

Aircraft exhibits

Aeronca C3 G-ADRR A

ANEC II G-EBJO A

Avro 504K ‘E3273’/G-ADEV A

Avro Triplane IV (replica) G-ARSG A

Avro Tutor ‘K3241’/G-AHSA A

Avro XIX Series 2 G-AHKX A

Blackburn B- 2 G-AEBJ A

Blackburn Type D Monoplane G-AANI A

Blériot XI G-AANG A

Bristol Boxkite (replica) G-ASPP A

Bristol F2B Fighter D8086/G-AEPH A

Bristol M1C (replica) ‘C4918’/G-BWJM A

Chilton DW1 G-AESZ A

Chilton DW1A (replica) G-CDXU A

Comper CLA7 Swift G-ACTF A

de Havilland DH5 1 G-EBIR A

de Havilland DH60 Moth G-EBLV A

de Havilland DH60X Hermes Moth G-EBWD A

de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth II ‘K2585’/G-ANKT A

de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSS A

de Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH A

de Havilland Canada DHC1

Chipmunk 22 RCAF 671/G-BNZC A

Deperdussin G-AANH A

Desoutter I G-AAPZ A

Dixon Ornithopter (BAPC 8) S

English Electric Wren G-EBNV A

EoN Primary ‘AQQ’/BGA 580 A

Fauvel AV36CR BGA 1999 A

Gloster Gladiator I ‘K7985’/G-AMRK A

Hawker Cygnet (replica) G-CAMM A

Hawker Cygnet (replica) G-EBJI A

Hawker Demon K8203/G-BTVE A

Hawker Hind ‘K5414’/G-AENP A

Hawker Hurricane I P3717/G-HITT A

Hawker Hurricane I R4118/G-HUPW A

Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib Z7015/G-BKTH A

Hawker Tomtit K1786/G-AFTA A

Lilienthal biplane glider (replica) – S

Lilienthal ‘Normal’ glider (replica) - S

Mignet HM14 Pou-du-Ciel G-AEBB S

Miles Magister I N3788/G-AKPF A

Miles Magister I P6382/G-AJRS A

Parnall Elf G-AAIN A

Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF A

Percival Provost T1 XF603/G-KAPW A

Pilcher Bat (replica) - S

Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub G-SVAS A

Polikarpov Po-2 ‘28’/G-BSSY A

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a F904/G-EBIA A

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle (replica) - ST

Slingsby Grasshopper TX1 XA24 1 ST

Slingsby Kirby Kite BGA 310 A

Sopwith Camel F1 (replica) ‘D1851’/G-BZSC A

Sopwith Dove (replica) G-EAGA A

Sopwith Pup ‘N9917’/G-EBKY A

Sopwith Triplane (replica) ‘N6290’/G-BOCK A

Southern Martlet G-AAYX A

Supermarine Spitfire LFVc AR501/G-AWII A

Vans RV-7 G-TRVR (D)

Wallbro Monoplane (replica) G-BFIP S

Wallis WA-116 Srs1 G-ARZB S

Westland Lysander IIIa ‘V9367’/G-AZWT A

Note: The range of privately owned aircraft at Old Warden

is subject to regular change, and not all may be on public

display.

AIRCRAFT STATUS KEY

A Airworthy

C Replica under construction (may not

be on public view)

(D) Dismantled

R Under restoration (may not be on

public view)

S Static display

ST Stored (may not be on public view)

T Taxiable