City of Norwich Aviation Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 1977 |
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| Location | Horsham St Faith, Norfolk |
| Type | Aviation museum |
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BAC Lightning F.53 - Royal Saudi Air Force 53-686
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 EL-RJN this aircraft is 21 years old and is an Avro RJ85.
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 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
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