FlyPast 03.2018

10 FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018

UK MUSEUMS GUIDE

Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14 WS7 60 ST(D)
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor TT20 WM22 4 S
Auster T7 (frame) WE55 8 S
Avro Vulcan B2 XM57 5 S
BAC Jet Provost T4 XP568 S
BAC VC10 C1K (forward fuselage) XV108 S
Britten SA1 Sheriff G-FRJB S
de Havilland DH104 Dove 6 G-ANUW R
de Havilland Sea Venom FAW22 XG7 37 R
de Havilland Vampire T11 XD447 S
de Havilland Vampire T11 XD534 S
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 WP784 R
English Electric Canberra T17 WH740 S
English Electric Lightning F53 ZF588 S
Hawker Hunter FR10 XJ714 (composite) S
Hawker Hunter GA11 WV38 2 S
Hawker Hunter T7 XL569 S
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B XV3 50 S
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1 XW664 S
Hunting Jet Provost T3 (nose) XN49 2 S
Percival Provost T1 WW442 R
Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1 XX49 4 R
Schleicher K-8 - S
Slingsby Cadet TX3 (fuselage) WT914 S
SOCATA Rallye 100S G-BBLM S
Vickers Vanguard 953C (nose) G-APES S
Vickers Varsity T1 WL62 6 S
Vickers Viscount 807 (nose) G-CSZB S
Westland Gazelle AH1 XX45 7 S
Westland Lynx HAS3GMS XZ721 S
Westland Sea King HC4 ZD47 7 R
Westland Wessex HC2 XT604 S
Westland Whirlwind Srs3 XG588/VR-BEP S

DORSET

BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION
MUSEUM
The BAM, at Bournemouth’s Adventure
Wonderland theme park, has an interesting
collection including some exhibits with a local
flavour. It also offers excellent views over
Bournemouth Airport.

Location and contact info
Address Merritown Lane, Hurn, Christchurch, Dorset BH23
6BA
Telephone 012 02 473141
Website http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk

Admission info
Times Winter – daily 10.00-16.00hrs
Summer – daily 10.00-17.00hrs
Prices Adults £6, children (3-16) £3, under 3s free

Aircraft exhibits
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14 WS7 76 S
Avro Vulcan B2MRR (nose) XH53 7 S
BAC Jet Provost T5 G-BWGS R
BAC One-Eleven 479FU
(forward fuselage) ZE432 S
BAe 125 CC3 (fuselage) ZD62 0 S
Boeing 737-229 (forward fuselage) G-CEAH S
Chichester-Miles Leopard G-BKRL R
de Havilland Vampire T11 XE856 S
English Electric Canberra PR7 (nose) WT53 2 S
English Electric Lightning F53 (nose) 53-676/ZF582 S
Grumman American AA-5B Tiger
(fuselage) ‘GO-CSE’ S
Handley Page Herald 401 (nose) G-BEYF R

Handley Page Victor K2 (nose) XL164 R

Hawker Hunter F6A XG160 S

North American Harvard IIb ‘KF388’ (composite) S

Northrop Shelduck D1 XR346 S

Percival Provost T1 ‘WW421’ S

Piper PA-28-161 Cadet G-TLET R

SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 XX76 3 S

Vickers Vanguard cockpit simulator - S

Vickers Viscount 806 (nose) G-OPAS S

Westland Wasp HAS1 XT43 1 S

Westland Wessex HAS3 XT2 57 S

THE TANK MUSEUM

Considered to be the world’s best collection of

tanks, an appropriate aircraft – a section of the

tank-carrying Hamilcar I glider – is featured in the

exhibitions at Bovington.

Location and contact info

Address Linsay Road, Bovington, Dorset BH20 6JG

Telephone 01 929 462359

Website http://www.tankmuseum.org

Admission info

Times Daily 10.00-17.00hrs

Prices Adults £14, children (5-16) £8, under 5s free,

family (one adult and three children) £30, family

(two adults and two children) £37; discounts if

bought online. For details of season tickets, see

website

Aircraft exhibits

General Aircraft Hamilcar I

(fuselage section) TK718 S

Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP12 XM564 ST

DUMFRIES AND

GALLOWAY

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY

AVIATION MUSEUM

The old control tower of the World War Two

airfield at RAF Dumfries is this volunteer-run

museum’s centrepiece. Restoration of Spitfire

P7540 was completed in the summer of 2017 – a

huge achievement – while the Assault Glider

Trust’s Waco Hadrian is joining the collection.

Location and contact info

Address Former Control Tower, Heathhall Industrial

Estate, Dumfries DG1 3PH

Telephone 01 387 251623

Website http://www.dumfriesaviationmuseum.com

Admission info

Times March to October - Wednesday 11.00-16.00hrs,

Saturday-Sunday 10.00-17.00hrs

July and August – Wednesday-Friday 11.00-

16.00hrs, Saturday-Sunday 10.00-17.00hrs

November to February – Saturday 10.00-16.00hrs

Prices Adults £5, children and concessions £4, family

(two adults and two children) £15

Aircraft exhibits

Airspeed Horsa (fuselage section) – S

BAC Jet Provost T4 XP55 7 S

BAC Jet Provost T5A XW3 63 ST (off site)

Bristol Sycamore III WA5 76 S

Dassault Mystère IVA 318 S

English Electric Canberra T4 (nose) WJ880 S

English Electric Lightning F53 ZF584 S

Fairey Gannet AEW3 XL49 7 S

General Aircraft Hotspur nose - S

General Dynamics F-111E

escape capsule 68-0060 S

Gloster Meteor T7 (Mod) WL37 5 S

Hawker Hunter F4 WT746 S

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B

(nose) XT2 80 S

Hawker Siddeley HS748 (cockpit) - S

Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B

fuselage) G-AWZJ S

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star FT36 S

North American F-100D Super Sabre ‘54-005’ S

Saab J 35A Draken 35075 S

Scottish Aviation Jetstream T2

(nose) XX48 3 S

Supermarine Spitfire IIa P7540 S

Waco CG-4A Hadrian ‘241079’ S

Westland Wessex HU5 XT4 86 S

EAST LOTHIAN

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

Scotland’s premier aviation museum has

expanded considerably in recent years, not least

in refurbishing the civil and military aircraft

restoration hangars. Several aircraft on display

are unique examples of their types.

Location and contact info

Address East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, EH39 5LF

Telephone 03 00 123 6789

Website http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight

Admission info

Times Summer – daily 10.00-17.00hrs

Winter – Saturday-Sunday 10.00-16.00hrs

Prices Adults £12, concessions £10, children £7, under 5s

free, family ticket (two adults and two children) £31

Aircraft exhibits

Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde G-BOAA S

Air and Space 18A G-BVWK ST

Airwave Magic Kiss - ST

Albatros ASG21 - ST

Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14 G-ARCX S

Avro Anson C19 VM360 S

Avro Vulcan B2A XM59 7 S

BAC One-Eleven 510ED G-AVMO S

BAe Dragonfly 2 G-BDFU ST

BAe Jetstream 31 G-JSSD S

Beech E18S G-ASUG S

Birdman Moonraker 77 - ST

Blackburn Buccaneer S1 (nose) XK53 3 ST

Boeing 707-436 forward (fuselage) G-APFJ S

Bristol Beaufighter TFX RD22 0 R (ST)

Bristol Bolingbroke IVT RCAF 9940 S

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander G-BELF S

Cameron O-65 G-BCFN ST

Chargus 18/50 - ST

de Havilland DH80 Puss Moth VH-UQB S

de Havilland DH84 Dragon VH-SNB S

de Havilland DH104 Dove 6 G-ANOV S

de Havilland DH106 Comet 4C G-BDIX S

de Havilland Sea Venom FAW22 WW145 S

Druine D31 Turbulent G-AVPC S

Electra Flyer Floater - ST

English Electric Canberra B5 (nose) VX18 5 S

English Electric Lightning F2A XN77 6 S