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]

Aircraft	Serial	Notes
Avro Vulcan B.2	XJ823	Royal Air Force, it was flown into Carlisle Airport in January 1983, after the Falklands War^[2]
BAC Jet Provost T.4	XS209	Royal Air Force, was used as a training airframe
DH Vampire T.11	WZ515	Royal Air Force
Gloster Meteor NF.14	WS832	Built by Armstrong Whitworth, last used at the Royal Aerospace Establishment Llandbedr, Wales
English Electric Canberra T.4	WE188	Royal Air Force
BAC Lightning F.53	ZF583	Former Royal Saudi Air Force painted in Royal Air Force markings.
Hawker Hunter F.51	XG190	Former Royal Danish Air Force aircraft painted to represent and aircraft of the Empire Test Pilot's School
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2	XV406	Royal Air Force, formally a gate guard at 14 MU RAF Carlisle
Percival Sea Prince T.1	WP314	Royal Navy
Sikorsky Whirlwind HAR.21	WV198	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

North	AeroVenture Avro Heritage Museum Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) North East Land, Sea and Air Museums Real Aeroplane Company Solway Aviation Museum Yorkshire Air Museum
East	City of Norwich Aviation Museum de Havilland Aircraft Museum Gatwick Aviation Museum Imperial War Museum Duxford IWM collection Kent Battle of Britain Museum Lashenden Air Warfare Museum Museum of Berkshire Aviation Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Royal Air Force Museum London Science Museum Shuttleworth Collection Shoreham Aircraft Museum The 453rd Bombardment Group Museum
South	Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Bournemouth Aviation Museum Brooklands Museum Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Jet Age Museum Museum of Army Flying Solent Sky Tangmere Military Aviation Museum The Helicopter Museum
West	Flambards Experience Fleet Air Arm Museum
Central	East Midlands Aeropark Midland Air Museum Newark Air Museum Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Sywell Aviation Museum Wellesbourne Wartime Museum

Isle of Man

Manx Aviation and Military Museum

Northern Ireland

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland

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