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Newark Air Museum
Drove Lane
Newark, Notts, NG24 2NY
Daily open from 10:00 - 16:00 Uhr
http://www.newarkairmuseum.org
Tel.: +66
(0)1636 707170
The museum is located outside of Newark in eastern Nottighamshire and easily reachable from both the A46 and the A17. It’s easy to find as its location is well signposted from the main roads. It occupies part of the former World War 2 airfield of Winthorpe.
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The museum was officially opened in April 1973 on the site of the Winthorpe Showground. Five years later it moved to the present location on the south east side of the showground. In 1983 the Vulcan now on display actually landed on the old runway and was moved to it’s present location in the museum. This took the efforts of all the members of the museum.
After fundraising the first aircraft display hall was completed in 1990 which could accommodate some of the more rare and valuable aircraft. In 1995 the museum managed to aquire some land adjacent to the museum for further expansion.
In 2003 the museum was granted £453,000 from the lottery fund and building of a second hangar was started. This was completed the following year and some more aircraft could be moved into it to protect them from the weather. Quite many significant aircraft remain outside however and it is hoped that they can all be under cover one day which in the case of the Vulcan would need a substantial building.
| List of aircraft on site | |
| Avro Anson C.19 | VL348 |
| Avro Ashton (fuselage) | WB491 |
| Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 | WR977 |
| Avro Vulcan B.2 | XM594 |
| BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 | ZA176 |
| Bensen gyrocopter | G-ASNY |
| Blackburn Beverley C.1 (cockpit) | XB261 |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 | XN964 |
| Bristol Sycamore III | WT933 |
| Cessna 310 | G-APNJ |
| Clutton FRED Series 2 | G-BJAD |
| Dassault Mystere IV | No, 83 |
| de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 | WB624 |
| de Havilland Heron 1B | G-ANXB |
| de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 | WW217 |
| de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 | XJ560 |
| de Havilland Tiger Moth | G-MAZY |
| de Havilland Vampire T.11 | XD593 |
| de Havilland Venom NF.3 | WX905 |
| de Havilland Dove | G-AHRI |
| English Electric Canberra B2 (Mod) | WV787 |
| English Electric Canberra PR.7 | WH791 |
| English Electric Canberra PR.7 (cockpit) | WH779 |
| English Electric Canberra PR.9 (cockpit) | XH177 |
| English Electric Canberra T.17 (cockpit) | WH863 |
| English Electric Canberra T.19 | WH904 |
| English Electric Lightning T.5 | XS417 |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.3 | XP226 |
| General Aircraft Monospar ST-12 | VH-UTH |
| Gloster Javelin FAW.8 | XH992 |
| Gloster Meteor FR.9 (Mod) | VZ608 |
| Gloster Meteor NF.12 | WS692 |
| Gloster Meteor NF.14 | WS739 |
| Gloster Meteor T.7 | VZ634 |
| Handley Page Hastings T.5 | TG517 |
| Handley Page Jetstream | XX492 |
| Hawker Hunter F.1 | WT651 |
| Hawker Sea Hawk FB.3 | WM913 |
| HS Gnat T.1 | XR534 |
| Hunting Jet Provost T.3 (cockpit) | XN573 |
| Hunting Jet Provost T.3A | XM383 |
| Lee Richardson Annular Biplane (replica) | BAPC No.20 |
| Lockheed T-33A | “5547” |
| Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike | G-BKPG |
| Maxair Hummer microlight | G-MJCF |
| MBA Tiger Cub 440 | G-MBUE |
| Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea | BAPC.43 |
| Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea (cockpit) | BAPC 101 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML “Flogger” | 024003607 “07” |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27K “Flogger” | 61912507006 “71” |
| MS.880 Rallye | G-BFTZ |
| North American F-100D Super Sabre | 54-2223 |
| North American Harvard (cockpit) | KF532 |
| North American Harvard | 42-12417 |
| Percival T.1 Prentice | VR249 |
| Percival T.1 Provost | WV606 |
| Powerchute Kestrel microlight | G-CCLT |
| SAAB Draken | AR-107 |
| SAAB Safir | 56321 |
| SAAB Viggen AJSH 37 | 373 918 |
| Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP.12 | XL764 |
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 | XX634 |
| SEPECAT Jaguar (cockpit) | XX753 |
| SEPECAT T.2 Jaguar | - |
| Sud-Aviation SA.341 Gazelle | F-ZWRI / XW276 |
| Supermarine Swift FR.5 | WK277 |
| Vickers Varsity | WF369 |
| Volmer VJ-24 microlight | G-MBBZ |
| Ward Gnome | n/a |
| Westland (Bell 47) Sioux AH.1 | XT200 |
| Westland Wessex HC.2 | XV728 |
| Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 | XM685 |
| Zurowski ZP.1 | BAPC 183 |
| Summer 2013 | |
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Besides a big collection of aircraft there are also numerous aero engines, missiles and other items on display.The museum shop is surprisingly well stocked with books and models which could be the envy of many a model shop.
If you are in the vicinity of Newark the museum is well worth a visit, for which you should allow half a day if you plan to have a good look around all the exhibits.The museum is also hosting several events a year that can be checked at its website www.newarkairmuseum.org.
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