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City of Norwich Aviation Museum
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Established 1977
Location Horsham St Faith, Norfolk
Type Aviation museum
CNAM Meteor F8
Gloster Meteor F.8 WK654 of the RAF
CNAM Herald
Handley Page Dart Herald G-ASKK formerly operated by Air UK
CNAM Mystere IVA
Dassault Mystère IV No.121
English Electric Lightning F.53 53-686 (ZF592)
BAC Lightning F.53 - Royal Saudi Air Force 53-686
Allison 250-C20B compressor module
Allison 250 compressor module with 5 axial stages and a final centrifugal stage

The City of Norwich Aviation Museum is a volunteer-run museum and charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of the aviation history of the county of Norfolk, England. The museum is located on the northern edge of Norwich International Airport and is reached by road through the village of Horsham St Faith. The museum welcomed its newest exhibit in October 2020 when it received EI-RJN, a 21-year old Avro RJ-85, formerly operated by CityJet.

History

In 2016, a number of aircraft had to be moved to make room for the Northern Distributor Road. Although part of the museum property was given up for the road, the footprint of the museum actually grew slightly due to a land swap.

Collection

Aircraft on display

  • Avro RJ85 ‘’EI-RJN / E2351’’
  • Avro Vulcan B.2 XM612
  • Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 XN967 – cockpit section only
  • Cessna 401 G-OVNE
  • Dassault Mystère IVA 121
  • English Electric Canberra B.15 WH984 – cockpit section only
  • English Electric Lightning F.53 53-686/53-700
  • Evans VP-2 G-BTAZ
  • Fokker F27-200 Friendship G-BCDN
  • Fokker F27-600P Friendship G-BHMY
  • Gloster Meteor F.8 WK654
  • Gloster Meteor NF.11 WM267 – cockpit section only
  • Handley Page Dart Herald G-ASKK
  • Hawker Siddeley Harrier T.4N XW268 – restoration in progress
  • Hawker Hunter F.6A XG172 – painted as Royal Air Force XG168
  • Hawker Hunter Mk.51 E-409 – painted as Royal Air Force XE683
  • Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MRA.2 XV255
  • Lockheed T-33 51-6718
  • McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV426 – cockpit section only
  • SOCATA Rallye MS.880B Rallye G-ASAT
  • SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XX109
  • Supermarine Scimitar – CIM cockpit
  • Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP355
  • Piper PA-23-250 Aztec G-AYMO

Indoor displays

  • 100 Group Royal Air Force
  • The Royal Air Force in Norfolk
  • USAAF Eighth Army Air Force
  • The USAAF 2d Air Division
  • The USAAF 458th Bombardment Group
  • RAF Horsham St Faith
  • RAF Marham
  • RAF Coltishall
  • RAF Sculthorpe
  • RAF Swanton Morley
  • No. 68 Squadron RAF
  • Norwich Int'l Airport

Engines on display

  • Rolls-Royce Avon partially sectioned
  • Allison Model 250-C20B partially sectioned
  • Allison J33
  • Rolls-Royce Derwent RB.37 Mk.8
  • Rolls-Royce Gnome H1000
  • Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7
  • Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay 620-15
  • Rolls-Royce Nene manufactured by Hispano-Suiza 106/104C
  • Rolls-Royce Merlin
  • Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour RB.172/T.260 Mk.8
  • Rolls-Royce Pegasus
  • Turbo-Union RB199 Mk.103
  • Bristol Hercules
  • Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah
  • Alvis Leonides

See also

  • List of Norfolk airfields
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