FlyPast 03.2018

20 FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018

UK MUSEUMS GUIDE

wartime airfield home in Lancaster Just Jane,
which is being restored to airworthiness during
the ‘off-season’ periods. Tony Agar’s superb
Mosquito, which will be returned to running
condition, adds another very appropriate
attraction.

Location and contact info
Address East Kirkby Airfield, East Kirkby, nr Spilsby,
Lincolnshire, PE23 4DE
Telephone 01 790 763207
Website http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk

Admission info
Times Easter to last weekend in October – Monday-
Saturday 09.30-17.00hrs
Last Monday in October to Easter – Monday-
Saturday 10.00-16.00hrs
Prices Adults £8, senior citizens £7, children (6-15)
£3, under 6s free, family (two adults and two
children) £20

Aircraft exhibits
Avro Lancaster VII NX611 T/R
Avro Lancaster X (nose) KB97 6 S
de Havilland Mosquito NFII HJ711 S
Douglas C-47A Skytrain 42 -100882/N473DC A
Druine Turbulent (BAPC 154) ST
English Electric Canberra E15 (nose) WH95 7 S
Handley-Page Hampden I AE436 R
Heinkel He 111 (nose replica) ‘87’ S
North American P-51C Mustang
(remains) 42 -103007 S
Percival Proctor IV NP29 4 R
Supermarine Spitfire Vb (remains) BL65 5 S

METHERINGHAM AIRFIELD
VISITOR CENTRE
A small museum dedicated to the personnel of
the RAF’s 106 Squadron, which flew Lancasters
from Metheringham in World War Two. The Jet
Provost has a running engine.

Location and contact info
Address Westmoor Farm, Martin Moor, Metheringham,
Lincoln LN4 3BQ
Telephone 01 526 378270
Website http://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk

Admission info
Times Last weekend in March or Easter (whichever is
earlier) to October – Wednesday 11.00-16.00hrs,
Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays 11.00-
17.00hrs
Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits
BAC Jet Provost T4 XS186 S
Douglas Dakota III KG651/G-AMHJ R

RAF SCAMPTON HERITAGE
CENTRE
There are ambitious plans for a visitor attraction
at the ex-Bomber Command base and home
of the RAF Red Arrows – the current station
museum is a start. Note that all visits must be by
prior arrangement.

Location and contact info
Address RAF Scampton, Lincoln LN1 2ST
Telephone 015 22 738361

Website http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafscampton/heritagecentre/

heritagecentre.cfm

Admission info

Times By prior arrangement only; see website

Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits

Avro Vulcan B2 (cockpit training aid) - S

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10

(nose) WG4 77 S

English Electric Canberra B2 (nose) - S

Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1 XR57 1 S

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T1 XX266 S

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T1 (replica) ‘XX227’ S

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T1A (nose) XX32 0 S

Slingsby Sedbergh TX1 XN185 S

RAF WICKENBY MEMORIAL

COLLECTION

Memorabilia and documents relating to RAF

operations from Wickenby between 1939 and

1956.

Location and contact info

Address The Control Tower, Wickenby Airfield, Langworth,

Lincoln LN3 5AX

Telephone 079 06 476437

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

Admission info

Times April 1 to October 31 – daily 09.00-17.00hrs

November 1 to March 31 – daily 09.00-16.00hrs

Prices Free

THORPE CAMP VISITOR CENTRE

Originally No 1 Communal Site, RAF Woodhall

Spa, the centre is dedicated to the history of

that airfield and the units based there during

World War Two, including 617 Squadron,

together with civilian life in Lincolnshire at the

time.

Location and contact info

Address Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Main Road,

Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire LN4 4PL

Telephone 015 26 342249

Website thorpecamp.wixsite.com/visitorscentre

Admission info

Times Easter to end of October – Sunday and Bank

Holiday Mondays 13.00-17.00hrs

July and August – Wednesday 13.00-17.00hrs

Prices Adults £4, under 12s free

Aircraft exhibits

de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth II

(fuselage) - S

English Electric Lightning F1A XM192 S

Fairchild Argus II (replica) ‘EV771’ S

Percival Mew Gull (replica) ‘G-AEXF’ S

MERSEYSIDE

SPEKE AERODROME HERITAGE

GROUP

Excellent work is being done under the auspices

of the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group to

preserve several historic British airliners at the

old Speke Airport.

Location and contact info

Address Crowne Plaza Hotel, Speke Aerodrome, Speke

Road, Liverpool L24 8QD

Telephone 01 51 638 6793

Website http://www.spekeaero.org

Admission info

Times Saturday 10.30-16.00hrs; visits can be arranged

at other times

Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits

BAe Jetstream 41 G-JMAC S

Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF R

de Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide

(replica) ‘G-AJCL’ S (D)

Gloster Meteor F8 WH29 1 R

Grumman American AA-1 Yankee G-SEXY ST

Hawker Siddeley HS748 Srs1 G-BEJD R

Hawker Siddeley HS748 Srs2A (nose) G-ORAL S

Percival Prince 6E G-AMLZ R

Shorts 360-100 (nose) G-SSWM S

Note: The Britannia Aircraft Preservation Trust operates

separately from the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group;

however, its aircraft remains on site.

MORAY

MORAYVIA SCI-TECH

EXPERIENCE PROJECT

This attraction seeks “to bring together a number

of disciplines from aerospace and astronomy to

technology and arts-related activities”. Many of

the aircraft remember the RAF’s recent history in

Scotland.

Location and contact info

Address North Road, Kinloss, Moray IV36 3YA

Telephone 01 309 691916

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

Admission info

Times March 31 to end of October – Saturday-Sunday

11.00-17.00hrs

Prices Adults £5, children (4-16) £3, under 4s free,

family tickets £15 or £20 depending on

numbers

Aircraft exhibits

Antonov An-2R ‘14 red’/HA-MKE R

BAC Jet Provost T4 (nose) XS17 6 S

de Havilland Vampire T11 (nose) XD42 5 S

English Electric Canberra TT18 (nose) WJ7 21 S

Hawker Hunter F5 (nose) WN95 7 S

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 XV2 44 S

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 (nose) XV2 40 S

SEPECAT Jaguar GR3 XZ113 S

Westland Dragonfly HR3 ‘G-AJOV’ S

Westland Sea King HAR3 XZ59 2 S

Westland Wessex HC2 XR52 8 S

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XJ7 23 S

NORFOLK

93RD BOMB GROUP MUSEUM

This museum is based in two World War Two-

vintage Nissen huts on the wartime USAAF base

at Hardwick.