Newark Air Museum. WINGS-AVIATION An indepentend website for civil- and military aviation

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1 Newark Air Museum Text: Pictures: Urs Schnyder Urs Schnyder Newark Air Museum Drove Lane Newark, Notts, NG24 2NY Daily open from 10:00-16:00 Uhr Tel: +66 (0) Fax: +66 (0) 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 RAF Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH992 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Gloster Javelin FAW8 XH992 (Picture courtesy Urs B2 (Mod) WV787 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF de Havilland Venom NF3 WX905 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Gloster Meteor FR9 (Mod) VZ608 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Gloster Meteor NF12 WS692 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Hawker Hunter F1 WT651 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Supermarine Swift FR5 WK277 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Avro Anson C19 VL348 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Avro Anson C19 VL348 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Percival T1 Prentice VR249 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Percival T1 Prentice VR249 (Picture courtesy Urs Publication from Urs Schnyder Page 1 from 5

2 RAF Percival Provost WV606 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF de Havilland Vampire T11 XD593 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 WB624 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Hunting Jet Provost T3A XM383 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 XX634 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Foland Gnat T1 XR534 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Handley Page T1 Jetstream XX492 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Handley Page T1 Jetstream XX492 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Westland Wessex HC2 XV728 (Picture courtesy Urs British Army Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP12 & Westland (Bell 47) Sioux AH1 (Picture courtesy Urs RN BAe Sea Harrier FA2 ZA176 (Picture courtesy Urs RN de Havilland Sea Venom FAW21 WW217 (Picture courtesy Urs RN Fairey Gannet AEW3 XP226 (Picture courtesy Urs RN Hawker Sea Hawk FB3 WM913 (Picture courtesy Urs RN Hawker Sea Hawk FB3 WM913 (Picture courtesy Urs RN Westland Whirlwind HAS7 XM685 (Picture courtesy Urs RN Westland Whirlwind HAS7 XM685 (Picture courtesy Urs Lee Richardson Annular Biplane (replica) General Aircraft Monospar ST- 12 (Picture courtesy Urs Civil de Havilland Tiger Moth G- MAZY (Picture courtesy Urs Norwegian SAAB Safir (Picture courtesy Urs Danish SAAB Draken (Picture courtesy Urs 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 Publication from Urs Schnyder Page 2 from 5

3 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 C19 Avro Ashton (fuselage) Avro Shackleton MR3/3 VL348 WB491 WR977 RAF Handley Page Hastings T5 RAF Handley Page Hastings T5 Avro Vulcan B2 BAe Sea Harrier FA2 Bensen gyrocopter XM594 ZA176 G-ASNY Blackburn Beverley C1 (cockpit) Blackburn Buccaneer S1 Bristol Sycamore III Cessna 310 XB261 XN964 WT933 G-APNJ RAF Handley Page Hastings T5 RAF Avro Shackleton MR3/3 Clutton FRED Series 2 G-BJAD Dassault Mystere IV No, 83 de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 WB624 de Havilland Heron 1B de Havilland Sea Venom FAW21 de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW2 G-ANXB WW217 XJ560 de Havilland Tiger Moth G-MAZY RAF Avro Shackleton MR3/3 RAF Avro Shackleton MR3/3 de Havilland Vampire T11 de Havilland Venom NF3 XD593 WX905 de Havilland Dove English Electric Canberra B2 (Mod) English Electric Canberra PR7 English Electric Canberra PR7 (cockpit) G-AHRI WV787 WH791 WH779 RAF Avro Shackleton MR3/3 RAF Avro Vulcan B2 XM594 (Picture courtesy Urs English Electric Canberra PR9 (cockpit) English Electric Canberra T17 (cockpit) English Electric Canberra T19 XH177 WH863 WH904 English Electric Lightning T5 Fairey Gannet AEW3 General Aircraft Monospar ST-12 Gloster Javelin FAW8 XS417 XP226 VH-UTH XH992 PR9, T17, PR7 (Picture courtesy Urs PR7 WH791 (Picture courtesy Urs Gloster Meteor FR9 (Mod) Gloster Meteor NF12 Gloster Meteor NF14 VZ608 WS692 WS739 Gloster Meteor T7 Handley Page Hastings T5 Handley Page Jetstream VZ634 TG517 XX492 Publication from Urs Schnyder Page 3 from 5

4 T19 WH904 (Picture courtesy Urs T19 WH904 (Picture courtesy Urs Hawker Hunter F1 Hawker Sea Hawk FB3 WT651 WM913 HS Gnat T1 Hunting Jet Provost T3 (cockpit) Hunting Jet Provost T3A Lee Richardson Annular Biplane (replica) XR534 XN573 XM383 BAPC No20 RAF Gloster Meteor NF14 WS739 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF Gloster Meteor NF14 WS739 (Picture courtesy Urs Lockheed T-33A 5547 Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike G-BKPG Maxair Hummer microlight G-MJCF MBA Tiger Cub 440 G-MBUE Mignet HM14 Flying Flea BAPC43 Mignet HM14 Flying Flea (cockpit) BAPC 101 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger RAF Gloster Meteor T7 VZ634 (Picture courtesy Urs RAF SEPECAT T2 Jaguar (Picture courtesy Urs Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27K Flogger MS880 Rallye G-BFTZ North American F-100D Super Sabre North American Harvard (cockpit) KF532 North American Harvard RAF English Electric Lightning T5 XS417 (Picture courtesy Urs RN Blackburn Buccaneer S1 XN964 (Picture courtesy Urs Percival T1 Prentice Percival T1 Provost Powerchute Kestrel microlight SAAB Draken VR249 WV606 G-CCLT AR-107 SAAB Safir SAAB Viggen AJSH Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP12 XL764 RN de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW2 XJ560 (Picture courtesy Urs Civil de Havilland Dove G-AHRI (Picture courtesy Urs Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 XX634 SEPECAT Jaguar (cockpit) XX753 SEPECAT T2 Jaguar - Sud-Aviation SA341 Gazelle Supermarine Swift FR5 Vickers Varsity Volmer VJ-24 microlight Ward Gnome Westland (Bell 47) Sioux AH1 Westland Wessex HC2 Westland Whirlwind HAS7 F-ZWRI / XW276 WK277 WF369 G-MBBZ n/a XT200 XV728 XM685 Zurowski ZP1 BAPC 183 Summer 2013 Besides a big collection of aircraft there are also numerous aero engines, missiles and other items on displaythe 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 exhibitsthe museum is also hosting several events a year that can be checked at its website wwwnewarkairmuseumorg Publication from Urs Schnyder Page 4 from 5

5 Civil de Havilland Heron 1B G- ANXB (Picture courtesy Urs Polish Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG- 23ML Flogger (Picture courtesy Urs Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG- 27K Flogger (Picture courtesy Urs Armée de l'air Dassault Mystere IV (Picture courtesy Urs USAF North American F-100D Super Sabre (Picture courtesy Urs USAF Lockheed T-33A (Picture courtesy Urs Swedish SAAB Viggen AJSH 37 (Picture courtesy Urs Swedish SAAB Viggen AJSH 37 (Picture courtesy Urs - Last update: 20 October 2013 Written: 20 October Corrections, additions and remarks please send to the Web master Michael E Fader - - If information from this site is used as source material please credit wwwwings-aviationch - - If this page does not have a navigational frame on the left, click HERE to see the rest of the website - Publication from Urs Schnyder Page 5 from 5

RAF Waddington Airshow 2013

RAF Waddington Airshow 2013.. Text: Pictures: Urs Urs RAF Waddington is situated in the Heart of Bomber country just a few miles south of Lincoln. Built during WW1 and opened in 1916 the base has been