Newark Air Museum facts for kids
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Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 WR977 at the Newark Air Museum
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| Established | 1973 |
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| Location | Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire |
| Type | Aviation museum |
The Newark Air Museum is an exciting air museum located in England. You can find it near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. This museum is built on what used to be a Royal Air Force (RAF) base called RAF Winthorpe. It's a fantastic place to see many different types of aircraft up close!
History of the Museum
The land where the museum stands was once an active airfield. It was known as RAF Winthorpe during the Second World War. The airfield first opened its doors in September 1940.
From 1942 to 1944, RAF Winthorpe was a busy training center. It was home to No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit, which trained crews to fly the famous Avro Lancaster bomber planes. This unit had about thirty aircraft. Later, in 1945, the airfield became part of the RAF's Transport Command.
After the war, in 1964, a large part of the old airfield was bought. The Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society purchased about 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land. They still use this land to hold the Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show.
The idea for the air museum started in 1968. A special company called Newark (Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) Air Museum was created. The museum officially welcomed its first visitors on 14 April 1973.
The museum has grown a lot over the years. In 1990, it opened its very first exhibition hall. This allowed more planes and displays to be shown indoors. Later, the museum bought even more land, about 12.38 acres (0.05 km2), which they called the Southfield Site. A second large display hall was opened on this new land in 2004.
Aircraft on Display
The Newark Air Museum has a huge collection of aircraft! You can see many different types of planes and even parts of aircraft. Here is a list of some of the amazing planes and cockpits you can explore:
- Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 (cockpit section)
- Auster AOP.9
- Aviasud Sirocco
- Avro Anson C.19
- Avro Ashton (forward fuselage)
- Avro Shackleton MR.3
- Avro Vulcan B.2
- Bensen B-8
- Blackburn Beverley C.1 (cockpit section)
- Blackburn Buccaneer S.1
- Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B (cockpit section)
- Boeing Chinook HC.1
- Bristol Sycamore III
- British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA.2
- Cessna 310
- Clutton-Tabenor FRED Series 2
- Dassault Mystere IV
- de Havilland Dove
- de Havilland Heron 1B
- de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21
- de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2
- de Havilland Tiger Moth
- de Havilland Vampire T.11
- de Havilland Venom NF.3
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10
- English Electric Canberra B.2
- English Electric Canberra PR.7
- English Electric Canberra PR.9 (cockpit section)
- English Electric Canberra T.17 (cockpit section)
- English Electric Canberra T.19
- English Electric Lightning F.5
- English Electric Lightning F.6 (cockpit section)
- Fairey Gannet AEW.3
- General Aircraft Monospar ST-12
- Gloster Javelin FAW.8
- Gloster Meteor FR.9
- Gloster Meteor NF.14
- Gloster Meteor NF.14
- Gloster Meteor T.7
- Handley Page Hastings T.5
- Handley Page Jetstream
- Hawker Hunter F.1
- Hawker Hunter T.7
- Hawker Sea Hawk FB.3
- Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1
- Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1
- Hiway Skytrike
- Hunting Jet Provost T.3 (cockpit section)
- Hunting Jet Provost T.3A
- Lee-Richards annular biplane (replica)
- Lockheed T-33A
- Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike
- Maxair Hummer
- McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 (nose section)
- MBA Tiger Cub 440
- Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel
- Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel (cockpit section)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML
- Mikoyan MiG-27K
- Mooney M20A
- North American Harvard
- North American F-100 Super Sabre
- Percival Prentice
- Percival Provost
- Powerchute Kestrel
- PZL SZD-30 Pirat
- Quicksilver MX
- Saab Draken
- Saab Safir
- Saab AJSH 37 Viggen
- Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12
- Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1
- SEPECAT Jaguar T.2A
- SEPECAT Jaguar (cockpit)
- Slingsby Cadet TX.1
- Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1
- Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor
- SOCATA MS.880 Rallye
- Sud-Aviation SA 341 Gazelle
- Supermarine Swift FR.5
- Taylor Monoplane
- Tiger Cub Developments Sherwood Ranger
- Vickers Varsity
- Volmer VJ-24W SunFun
- Ward Gnome
- Westland Lynx HC.28
- Westland Puma HC.1
- Westland Sioux AH.1
- Westland Wessex HC.2
- Westland Whirlwind HAS.7
- Zurowski ZP.1
Cockpitfest Event
The Newark Air Museum hosts a special event each year called Cockpitfest. This popular festival invites airplane fans and "cockpitters" to bring their aviation items. People can even get inside some of the aircraft cockpits! Cockpitfest celebrated its 10th anniversary in June 2009.
See also
- List of aerospace museums
Images for kids
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The flight deck of the Avro Vulcan
