Newark Air Museum
31 January 2015
Having only last visited
the museum in September I didn’t expect many changes and I
wasn’t disappointed in that respect either . I was there to
attend a meeting of the British Aviation Archaeological Council
with the extra carrot of free entrance as a BAAC member being
too good to miss ! To side track slightly , for
anyone with an interest in aviation archaeology then the
BAAC is to be recommended and with membership currently at only
£12-50 per annum inclusive of a quarterly magazine , and
frequent free entrance at similar museums to Newark , then it
becomes a must especially for Newark which has many items of
aircraft wreckage collect from high ground crash sites on
display ! Further details of the BAAC can be found here ;
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/index .
G-AHRI
Dove 1
G-ANXB
Heron 1
British Airways/BEA livery
G-APNJ
Cessna 310
G-BFTZ
Rallye Club
Kathy S
TG517/517
Hastings T5
VZ634
Meteor T7
WB491
Ashton 2
forward pressurised fuselage , marked G-AJJW
WH792
Canberra PR7
really WH791
WH863
Canberra T17
cockpit
WH904
Canberra T19
WR977/B
Shackelton MR3/3
WS739
Meteor NF(T)14
XH177
Canberra PR9
cockpit
XJ560/H/243
Sea Vixen FAW2
XL618
Hunter T7
XM594
Vulcan B2
XN964/118/V
Buccaneer S1
XP226
Gannet AEW3
XS417/DZ
Lightning T5
XV490/R
Phantom FGR2
cockpit on loan from Mike Davey
XX829/GZ
Jaguar T2A
51-9036
T-33-1-LO
54-2223
F-100D Super Sabre
8-MS
Mystere IVa
71
MiG-27K Flogger
458
MiG-23ML Flogger
TSR2
cockpit on loan from Brooklands Museum for a TSR2
anniversary event . Covered by tarpaulin .
Victor
synthetic sim stood near Aircraft Hall No1
BAPC 20
Lee Richards Annular Biplane
replica
BAPC 43
HM14 Flea
BAPC 183
Zurowski ZP1
helicopter
G-APRT
Taylor Monoplane
G-APVV
Mooney M20A
dismantled
G-ASNY
Benson B8
G-BJAD
FRED Srs 2
wings folded
G-CCLT
Powerchute Kestrel
G-MAZY
Tiger Moth
composite including G-AMBB and T6801
G-MBBZ
Volmer VJ-24W
minus wing
G-MBUE
MBA Tiger Cub 440
suspended from ceiling
G-MBVE
Hiway Skytrike
minus wing
G-MJCF
Maxair Hummer
G-MJDW
Quicksilver MX
VH-UTH
GAL Monospar ST-12
under restoration
W4964/WS-J
Lancaster B1
fuselage section
VL348
Anson C19
VR249/FA-EL Prentice T1
WM913/J/456
Sea Hawk FB3
WT933
Sycamore 3
WV606/P-B
Provost T1
WW217/O/351Sea Venom
FAW21
WX905
Venom NF3
XD593
Vampire T11
XK381
Auster AOP9
under restoration , also possibly XR238/XS238/TAD200
?
XL764/J
Skeeter AOP12
XM685/PO/513Whirlwind
HAS7
XT200/F
Sioux AH1
XW276
SA341 Gazelle
Army
XX753
Jaguar GR1
cockpit
56/321
Safir
AR-107
S35XD Draken
V1
FZG-76 Flying Bomb
substantial remains
Jet Provost
procedure trainer
Phantom F4-M flight
simulator
Aircraft Hall No2
G-BKPG
Luscombe Rattler Strike
minus wing , pod only
G-MNRT
Sirocco 377GB
VZ608
Meteor FR9
WB624
Chipmunk T10
WF369/F
Varsity T1
WK277/N
Swift FR5
WS692/C
Meteor NF12
WT651/C
Hunter F1
WV787
Canberra B2/8
XB261
Beverley C1
cockpit
XH992/P
Javelin FAW8
XM383/90
Jet Provost T3A
7FTS , Church Fenton , CF logo on tail
XN573
/E
Jet Provost T3
cockpit
XR534 /65
Gnat T1
XS726/T
Dominie T1
9273M on nose
XV728/A
Wessex HC2
Argonaut
XX492/A
Jetstream T1
XX634/T
Bulldog T1
ZA176/R/126
Sea Harrier FA2
37918/21/57
AJSH37 Viggen
CSV30
drone prototype
Bulldog T1
procedures trainer
synthetic
Cessna U206
procedures trainer
synthetic , C-GTCC in cockpit
Firefly
procedures trainer
synthetic
Gnat T1
procedures trainer
synthetic but metal !
Workshop
FE930
Harvard IIB
under restoration
RA897
Cadet TX1
stored
Small Objects Display
Building
XN819
Argosy C1
cockpit , viewed internally or externally
through outside door !
Apart from the arrival
of the Dominie the only other significant change since my last
visit is the departure in January of Canberra PR7 WH779 nose
section to AeroVenture at Doncaster . Also worthy of note is
that there are examples of a Link Trainer
Type D2 in each display
hall plus large sections of aviation archaeology related items
in Aircraft Hall No1 .
DET
4 February 2015
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