Solway Aviation Museum

Solway Aviation Museum

Established	1961
Location	Carlisle Lake District Airport Irthington Cumbria
Type	Aviation Museum
Website	www.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk/

The Solway Aviation Museum is an independently run aircraft museum located at Carlisle Lake District Airport in Cumbria.

About the Museum

The Museum is run by The Solway Aviation Society Ltd and staffed by unpaid volunteers. The Society is a registered charity supported by entrance charges to the Museum, and public donations. In addition to normal opening (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays plus Bank Holidays from April until October end) the Museum hosts educational visits for school classes studying the Second World War and for Scout, Cub and Beaver packs achieving their Air Activities Badge. Following the closure of the RAF Millom Museum many of the artefacts were moved to Solway Aviation Museum for safe keeping and eventual exhibition when space permits. The Museum is now the sole aviation Museum left in Cumbria.

The Buildings contain exhibits and artefacts relating to aviation in Cumbria, including the Second World War and also houses individual displays featuring the development of Blue Streak, Martin Baker ejection seats and the development and activities of the Airport itself since the Second World War.

The Collection

The current collection includes the following:^[1]

Manufacturer	Aircraft	Version	Serial	Notes
Avro	Vulcan	B.2	XJ823	It was flown into Carlisle Airport in January 1983, after the Falklands War^[2]
British Aircraft Corporation	Jet Provost	T.4	XS209
de Havilland	Vampire	T.11	WZ515
Gloster Aircraft Company	Meteor	NF.14	WS832	ex Llanber Test Range
English Electric	Canberra	T.4	WE188
English Electric	Lightning	F-53	53-681	ZF583 ex Royal Saudi Air Force
Hawker Aircraft	Hunter	F.51	E-425	ex Danish Air Force
Hawker Siddeley	Trident			Cockpit section
McDonnell Douglas	F-4 Phantom II	FGR.2	XV406	Formally a gate guard at 14 MU RAF Carlisle
Percival	Sea Prince	T.1	WP309
Sikorsky Aircraft	Whirlwind	HAS.22	WV198	ex Royal Navy

References

↑ "Aircraft". Solway Aviation Museum. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
↑ The Avro Vulcan, Solway Aviation Museum

External links

Official website

British aviation museums

England	AeroVenture Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Bournemouth Aviation Museum Brooklands Museum City of Norwich Aviation Museum de Havilland Aircraft Museum East Midlands Aeropark Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Flambards Experience Fleet Air Arm Museum Gatwick Aviation Museum The Helicopter Museum Imperial War Museum Duxford IWM collection Kent Battle of Britain Museum Lashenden Air Warfare Museum Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Midland Air Museum Museum of Army Flying Museum of Berkshire Aviation Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) Newark Air Museum Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum North East Aircraft Museum Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Royal Air Force Museum London Science Museum Shoreham Aircraft Museum Shuttleworth Collection Solent Sky Solway Aviation Museum Sywell Aviation Museum Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Wellesbourne Wartime Museum Yorkshire Air Museum

Isle of Man	Manx Aviation and Military Museum

Northern Ireland	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland	Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre National Museum of Flight

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Solway Aviation Museum

About the Museum

The Collection

See also

References

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