FlyPast 03.2018

18 FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018

UK MUSEUMS GUIDE

Location and contact info
Address The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TE
Telephone 01 634 823800
Website http://www.thedockyard.co.uk

Admission info
Times February 10 to March 24 – daily 10.00-16.00hrs
March 24 to October 27 – daily 10.00-18.00hrs
October 28 to November 25 – daily 10.00-
16.00hrs
Prices Adults £24, concessions £21.50, children (5-15)
£14, family of four £63 plus £10.50 per additional
child; tickets valid for a year; discounts if bought
in advance

Aircraft exhibits
Westland Dragonfly HR5 WG7 51 S

KENT BATTLE OF BRITAIN
MUSEUM
Situated on a former Battle of Britain fighter
station, static film replicas of major combat
types from 1940 provide a centrepiece of this
collection, along with many relics of the Battle.
The Bolingbroke/Blenheim project just received,
including parts from four Bolingbrokes, makes for
a splendid addition.

Location and contact info
Address Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Kent CT18 7AG
Telephone 01 303 893140
Website http://www.kbobm.org

Admission info
Times April, May and October – Tuesday-Sunday and
Bank Holiday Mondays 10.00-16.00hrs
June to September – Tuesday-Sunday and Bank
Holiday Mondays 10.00-17.00hrs
Prices Adults £7, senior citizens £6.50, children (5-16) £3,
under 5s free
Note: Visitors are not permitted to take any photographic,
recording or note-taking equipment into the museum.

Aircraft exhibits
Boulton Paul Defiant (replica) ‘L7005’ S
Bristol Bolingbroke IVT (includes fuselage R
of RCAF 9893
and wings of
1003 8/G-MKIV)

de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth ‘G-AAAH’ S
Fieseler Fi 103 (V1) (BAPC 36) S
Fokker DrI (replica) ‘425/17’ S
Fokker DrI (replica) - S
Gotha G.IV (nose replica) - S
Hawker Hurricane I (replica) ‘N2532’ S
Hawker Hurricane I (replica) ‘P2921’ S
Hawker Hurricane I (replica) ‘P3059’ S
Hawker Hurricane I (replica) ‘P3208’ S
Hawker Hurricane I (replica) ‘P3679’ S
Hawker Hurricane I (replica) - S
Messerschmitt Bf 109E (replica) (BAPC 66) S
Messerschmitt Bf 109E (replica) (BAPC 74) S
Messerschmitt Bf 109E (replica) ‘14’ S
North American Harvard IIb ‘N7033’ S
Schneider Grunau Baby II ‘D-3-340’ S
Supermarine Spitfire (replica) ‘K5054’/G-BRDV S
Supermarine Spitfire (replica) ‘K5054’ S
Supermarine Spitfire I (replica) ‘N3289’ S
Supermarine Spitfire I (replica) ‘N3313’ S
Supermarine Spitfire IX (replica) ‘MK356’ S

Note: Owing to the restrictions regarding photography and

note-taking at this museum, and the fact that no ‘official’

aircraft listing is made available, the above listing has been

compiled using existing sources.

LASHENDEN AIR WARFARE

MUSEUM

A small collection at Headcorn airfield, the scene

of much historic aviation activity. It contains a

wide range of items recovered from wrecks, but

the piloted V1 – the Reichenberg – is the highlight.

A new museum building opens on March 3 this

year.

Location and contact info

Address Headcorn Aerodrome, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent

TN27 9HX

Telephone 01 622 891810 (during opening hours), 631799 or

890226

Website http://www.lashendenairwarfaremuseum.co.uk

Admission info

Times March 3 to October 27 – Saturday, Sunday and

Bank Holiday Mondays 10.00-17.00hrs

October 28 to December 16 – Sunday 10.00-16.00hrs

Prices Adults £2, over-60s and children (5-16) £1, under

5s free

Aircraft exhibits

English Electric Lightning F53 (nose) ZF58 7 S

Fieseler Fi 103R-4 Reichenberg 6/ 2080 S

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330A-1 100549 S

RAF MANSTON HISTORY MUSEUM

A collection of aircraft and displays remembering

the RFC, RAF and USAF at of one of Kent’s most

famous and historic airfields – which sadly closed

to flying in 2014.

Location and contact info

Address Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5DF

Telephone 018 43 825224

Website http://www.rafmanston.co.uk

Admission info

Times March to October – daily 10.00-16.00hrs

November to February – Saturday-Sunday 10.00-

16.00hrs

Prices £2 for all

Aircraft exhibits

Auster V RT486/G-AJGJ S

BAC Jet Provost T4 XR65 8 S

Canadair CT-133 Silver Star N36TH S

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 WP77 2 S

English Electric Canberra B15 (nose) WT205 S

English Electric Lightning F6 XR77 0 S

Fieseler Fi 103 (V1) (replica) - S

Fokker DrI (replica) - S

Gloster Meteor TT20 ‘WD615’ S

Handley Page Victor K2 (nose) XL190 S

Hawker Hunter F6 (nose) XG2 26 S

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B

(nose) XV3 52 S

Huntair Pathfinder 2 - S

Nieuport 17 (replica) ‘A213’ S

Nieuport 17 (fuselage replica) - S

Panavia Tornado GR1 (nose) ZA3 25 S

PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra G-BXVZ S

SEPECAT Jaguar GR3A XZ106 S

Shorts 330-100 (nose) G-SSWP S

Slingsby Cadet TX3 ‘VM791’ S

Slingsby Grasshopper TX1 XA23 1 S

Sopwith 1½ Strutter (replica) ‘B619’ S

Westland Wessex HU5 XS4 82 S

Westland Whirlwind HAS7 XN380 S

RAF MANSTON SPITFIRE AND

HURRICANE MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Separate from the above collection, the Memorial

Museum is dedicated to all pilots who lost their

lives during World War Two.

Location and contact info

Address The Airfield, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT12

5DF

Telephone 018 43 821940

Website spitfiremuseum.org.uk

Admission info

Times April 1 to October 31 — daily 10.00-17.00hrs;

November 1 to 31 March — daily 10.00-16.00hrs

(closed Mondays in January and February)

Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits

Hawker Hurricane IIc LF75 1 S

Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe TB75 2 S

ROMNEY MARSH WARTIME

COLLECTION

Brenzett was home during World War Two to an

RAF Advanced Landing Ground, and the local

aviation museum – previously the Brenzett

Aeronautical Museum – recalls this period

amongst other things. The Prentice is a new

addition.

Location and contact info

Address Ivychurch Road, Brenzett, Romney Marsh, Kent

TN29 OEE

Telephone 01 797 344747

Website http://www.rmwcollection.co.uk

Admission info

Times March 30 to October 28 – Saturday-Monday 10.30-

16.00hrs, Bank Holidays 10.00-16.00hrs

Prices Adults £5, senior citizens £4, children (under 16)

free

Aircraft exhibits

de Havilland Vampire T11 XK62 5 S

Douglas DC-3 (nose) G-AMSM S

English Electric Canberra B2 (nose) WH65 7 S

English Electric Canberra PR9 (nose) XH136 S

Hawker Hurricane I (cockpit) V73 50 S

Percival Prentice T1 VR192 S

Supermarine Spitfire I (replica) ‘DW-J’ S

ROYAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM

A Harrier is held by the museum dedicated to the

vital role of the Royal Engineers – the corps that

started the history of British military aviation.

Location and contact info

Address Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, Kent ME4 4UG

Telephone 01 634 822839

Website http://www.re-museum.co.uk

Admission info

Times Tuesday-Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays

10.00-17.00hrs