26 FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018
UK MUSEUMS GUIDE
North American F-100D Super Sabre 54- 2196 S
North American T-28C Trojan
(fuselage) 1462 89/N99153 S
Penrose Pegasus 2 BGA 4002 S
Percival Provost T1 WV605 S
Percival Sea Prince T1 WF128 S
Schneider Grunau Baby IIIb D-914 2 S
Skycraft Scout 2 G-MBUD S
Slingsby Grasshopper TX1 XA22 6 S
Supermarine Spitfire II (replica) ‘N3317’ S
Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe
(fuselage) ‘TD248’ S
Taylor JT2 Titch G-BABY S
Thunder Balloons Ax7-77Z G-BJZC S
Vickers Valetta C2 VX5 80 S
Wasp Falcon 4 - S
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 XR48 5 S
Westland Whirlwind HAS7 XN304 S
PARHAM AIRFIELD MUSEUM
Home of the 390th Bomb Group Memorial
Museum and the Museum of the British
Resistance Organisation.
Location and contact info
Address Parham, Framlingham, Suffolk IP13 9AF
Telephone 01 728 621373
Website http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk
Admission info
Times April to last Sunday of October –
Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays 11.00-
17.00hrs
June, July and August – Wednesday 11.00-
16.00hrs
Prices Free
RED FEATHER CLUB
The official UK museum of the 95th Bomb Group
is housed in a former NCOs’ club.
Location and contact info
Address Denham, Eye, Suffolk IP21 5DG
Website 9 5thbg-horham.com
Admission info
Times April to October – last Sunday of every month,
10.00-16.00hrs
Prices Free
ROUGHAM TOWER ASSOCIATION
A superbly-preserved World War Two USAAF
control tower on a delightful, and thankfully still
active, airfield.
Location and contact info
Address The Control Tower, Rougham Industrial Estate,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9XA
Telephone 07 931 971771
Website rctam94th.co.uk
Admission info
Times Easter to October – Sunday 10.00-16.00hrs
Prices Free
SUFFOLK AVIATION HERITAGE
MUSEUM
Displays in the generator building of a former
military wireless telegraphy facility trace the
history of aviation in the county.
Location and contact info
Address Former WT Station, Foxhall Road, Kesgrave,
Suffolk IP10 0AH
Website http://www.suffolkaviationheritage.org.ukAdmission info
Times Easter to last weekend in October – Sunday and
Bank Holiday Mondays 11.00-16.00hrs
Prices FreeAircraft exhibits
Blériot XI replica (BAPC 479) C
de Havilland Vampire T11 XD506 S(D)
de Havilland Vampire T11 (nose) XD616 ST
English Electric Canberra PR7 (nose) WH79 8 R
Hunting Jet Provost T3A (nose) XN62 9 S
Woodhams Sprite (BAPC 17) STWATTISHAM STATION HERITAGE
This collection, focusing on the history of the
former RAF Wattisham, has taken several major
steps forward with the addition of aircraft from
the base’s RAF heyday and its more recent Army
Air Corps use.Location and contact info
Address Wattisham Airfield, Suffolk IP7 7RA
Website http://www.wattishamstationheritage.orgAdmission info
Times April to October – first Sunday of the month
11.00-16.00hrs; must be pre-booked via museum
website
Prices FreeAircraft exhibits
English Electric Lightning F3 (nose) XP743 S
Hawker Hunter FGA9 XG19 4 S
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 XT9 14 S
Westland Gazelle AH1 XX444 R
Westland Lynx AH7 XZ605 S
Westland Scout AH1 XT6 17 RSURREY
BROOKLANDS MUSEUM
One of Britain’s most historic aviation and
motorsport locations has a collection to match.
The Vimy replica, the Wellington and Concorde
top the list of big attractions; several aircraft
can be ground-run. The Brooklands Aircraft
Factory and Race Track Revival project has just
reached fruition with a celebratory opening- the new facilities set a very high standard
indeed.
Location and contact info
Address Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QN
Telephone 01 932 857381
Website http://www.brooklandsmuseum.comAdmission info
Times British Summer Time – daily 10.00-17.00hrs
Greenwich Mean Time – daily 10.00-16.00hrs
Prices Adults £13.50, senior citizens and students £11.50,
children (5-16) £7, under 5s free, family (two
adults and up to three children) £35Aircraft exhibits
Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde G-BBDG SAérospatiale/BAC Concorde
(fuselage sections) - S
Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde
cockpit simulator - S
Avro 504K (replica) ‘G-AACA’ S
Avro Triplane (replica) G-CFTF ST
BAC One-Eleven 475AM G-ASYD S
BAC TSR2 (cockpit) - S
BAC VC10 K3 ZA150 T
Blériot XI (replica) G-LOTI S
de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth II F-BGEQ ST (D)
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10
(cockpit) WP921 S
Hawker Fury I (replica) ‘K5673’ S
Hawker Hunter F51 ‘XF368’ S (D)
Hawker Hunter F51 E-4 21 S
Hawker Hurricane IIa Z23 89 S
Hawker P1127 XP984 S
Hawker Siddeley Harrier T52 ZA250/G-VTOL S
Hunting Jet Provost T3A XN586 S
Manuel Ladybird G-MJPB ST (D)
Roe I Avroplane (replica) G-ROEI ST
Roe I Biplane (replica) - S
Rogallo hang-glider - ST
Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a (replica) ‘F5475’ S (D)
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle (replica) - S
Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1 XX499 S
Sopwith F1 Camel (replica) ‘B7270’ S
Sopwith Tabloid (replica) ‘3’ S
Supermarine Swift F4 (fuselage) WK198 S
Vickers Merchantman 953C G-APEP S
Vickers Merchantman 953C (nose) G-APEJ S
Vickers Valiant B(K)1 (nose) XD816 S
Vickers Vanguard (cockpit mock-up) - S
Vickers Varsity T1 WF37 2 S
Vickers VC10 (nose) - S
Vickers VC10 Srs1101 (fuselage) G-ARVM S
Vickers VC10 Srs1103 A4O-AB/G-ASIX S
Vickers Viking 1a G-AGRU S
Vickers Viking IV (replica) ‘G-EBED’ S (D)
Vickers Vimy IV (replica) NX71MY S
Vickers Vimy (nose replica) - S
Vickers Viscount 806 G-APIM S
Vickers Viscount 813 (nose) G-AZLP S
Vickers Viscount 837 (nose) XT5 75 S
Vickers Wellington Ia N29 80 S
Vickers Wellington (nose replica) - S
Voisin Biplane (replica) G-BJHV ST
White Monoplane (replica) G-CHOI TGATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM
Situated very near Gatwick Airport, this long-
standing private collection inaugurated its new
museum building two years ago, allowing many
exhibits to go under cover for the first time. The
Lightning and Shackleton are maintained in
engine-running order.Location and contact info
Address Vallance By-Ways, Lowfield Heath Road,
Charlwood, Surrey RH6 0BT
Telephone 012 93 862417
Website http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.ukAdmission info
Times Friday-Sunday 09.30-16.30hrs
Prices Adults £7.50, children (5-14) £2.50, under 5s freeAircraft exhibits
Avro Shackleton MR3/3 WR98 2 S
Blackburn Buccaneer S1 XN92 3 S