MUSEUMS Etc.
Hampshire & Dorset.

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The list below shows the contents of the various aircraft museums in Hampshire and Dorset.

Note that the situation regarding museum aircraft is somewhat fluid with aircraft being loaned or swapped with other museums frequently.Thus the lists may change.In addition ,not all aircraft are always on show,and in the case of Bournemouth ,many of the listed aircraft are flyable ,and are often away during the display season

I have included a couple of non-museum items for completeness.There are also within the counties of Hampshire and Dorset ,several locations where veteran or vintage aircraft are stored.Most of these locations are Private and thus outside the remit of this site.

Finally,as always,if you have any additions or corrections to this listing,please CONTACT ME

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updated 16th December 2007

Click on the museum name to go to the museum's website for opening times etc.

Airborne Forces Museum.Aldershot					
							
BAPC80			Airspeed AS.58 Horsa(marked KJ351).	Cockpit only		
KP208	ex 44-77087	Douglas C-47B				
			GAL.48 Hotspur		Front Fuselage		
							
The Museum of Army Flying.Middle Wallop							
-                      Airspeed Horsa I (cockpit) 
'KJ351'                Airspeed Horsa II 
-                      Airspeed Horsa II (fuselage) 
TJ569                  Auster 5 
WJ358                  Auster AOP.6 
WZ721                  Auster AOP.9 
AE-409                 Bell UH-1H Iroquois.Argentina 
XG502                  Bristol Sycamore HR.14 
111989                 Cessna L-19A Bird Dog 
-                      Cody kite 
XP821                  De Havilland Canada Beaver AL.1 
XP822                  DHC Beaver AL.1 
WG432                  De Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 
TK777                  General Aircraft Hamilcar I (fuselage) 
'HH268'                General Aircraft Hotspur II (replica) 
-/B-415                Hafner Rotajeep (replica) 
8381M/P-5              Hafner Rotachute III 
'XM819'                Lancashire Aircraft Prospector 
'T9707'                Miles Magister I 
XK776                  ML Utility Mk.1 
XL813                  Saro Skeeter AOP.12 
'G-2-4'                Slingsby T.6 Kirby Kite I (G-ALNH) 
WZ772                  Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1 
'N5195'                Sopwith Pup (replica) 
XR232                  Sud Aviation Alouette AH.2 
'243809'               Waco CG-4A Hadrian 
ZA737                  Westland Gazelle AH.1 
G-AXKS                 Westland Bell 47G-4A 
XX153                  Westland Lynx AH.1 
XP847                  Westland Scout AH.1 
XP910                  Westland Scout AH.1 
XV127                  Westland Scout AH.1 
-                      Westland Scout AH.1 (cockpit) 
XT108                  Westland Sioux AH.1 
-                      Westland Wideye 
-                      Westland Wisp 
70-15590               AH-1F stored on airfield
BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION MUSEUM.HURN :Feb 2007 
Sadly,the Museum was forced to close it's original site  permanently on the 16th December 2007
due to impending redevelopment of the site as a car park.

However after a 10 month gap the museum re-opened its gates to the public in October,2008,on land adjacent to the Wonderland Family Adventure Park directly opposite Bournemouth Airport.Wonderland is well sign posted from all major routes heading towards Bournemouth and is situated halfway along the main Christchurch - Parley road as it passes alongside the airport perimeter.

G-ASER Aztec (inc wings of G-AWKO)
G-BKRL CMC Leopard
G-OPAS Viscount 806 (nose/cockpit)
KF488 Harvard IIb
WS776 Meteor NF14
WT532 Canberra PR7 (nose)
G-BZRE/'WW421 Provost T1
XG160 Hunter F6A
XH537 Vulcan B.2MRR (nose)
XT257 Wessex HAS.3
ZF582/53-676 Lightning F.53
XX763 Jaguar GR1
+ Vanguard sim
       
  
Source Aviation(Bournemouth /Hurn.) Not a museum - but operators of several De Haviland Vampires & Venoms J-1573 DH Venom FB50(G-VICI) VT871/G Vampire FB6 (G-DHXX) VV612 Venom FB50(G-VENI) WR360/K Venom FB50(G-DHSS) WR410 Venom FB50(G-DHUU) XE897 Vampire T55(G-DHVV) XG775/VL Vampire T55(G-DHWW)
G-CVIX photographed at Yeovilton by Shaun Churchill
BOVINGTON Tank Museum. Dorset TK718 Hamilcar 1 XM564 Skeeter AOP12 British Aerospace Hamble XM693/7891M Gnat T.1 On display outside factory. Fleetlands.DERA.Museum Closed around 2002 and the aircraft below dispersed. The Sycamore went to Cosford then to Hendon, the other 3 to Yeovilton/FAAHM Cobham Hall VX595 WS-51 Dragonfly HR.1 (Gosport Aviation Society) WV783/7841M Br.171 Sycamore HR.12 XJ481 10008 Sea Vixen FAW.1 XL853/A2630 WA215 WS-55 Whirlwind HAS.7 Fairey Firefly AS.6 Parts Fairey Gannet AS.4 Parts Lee - on -Solent: Super Catalina Restoration Not a museum but currently being restored here are-: N423RS 48423 PBY-5A VP-BPS 46633 PBY-5A LASHAM:Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society(SWWAPS)

Sadly this museum closed on the weekend on the 7/8th November 2009.
Apparently homes have already been found for the majority of the aircraft.
The Auster had already departed by that date.

"VH-FDT"G-APXX DHA.3 Drover 4X-FNA/WM366 Meteor NF.13. Composite also using parts from WM234,VZ462 and WD220 7113/22+35 F-104G Starfighter ex Luftwaffe E-423/G-9-444 Hunter F.51 VR192/G-APIT PAC/016 Percival PrenticeT.1 VZ530 Meteor Wings only WF137 Sea Prince C.1 WH291 Meteor TT(F).8 WV798/A2557 Seahawk FGA.6 XK418/7976M Auster AOP.9 XM833 WA14 WS-58 Wessex HAS.3 Southampton Hall of Aviation/Solent Sky EB518 Airspeed Oxford V remains (stored) - Airwave hang glider (BAPC.215) 'C4451' Avro 504J repro (BAPC.210) G-ALZE Britten Norman BN-1F 'BB807' De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (G-ADWO) WM571 De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 XD596 De Havilland Vampire T.11 (stored) XE998 De Havilland Vampire T.11 WK570 DHC Chipmunk T.10 cockpit XK740 Folland Gnat F.1 XJ571 Hawker Siddeley Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ476 Sea Vixen FAW1 nose(stored) - Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea XL770 Saro Skeeter AOP.12 TG263 Saro SR.A1 VH-BRC Short Sandringham IV XN246 Slingsby Cadet TX.3 - Slingsby T.31 WZ753 Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1 - SUMPAC man-powered aircraft (BAPC.7) N248 Supermarine S.6A - Supermarine Seagull (forward fuselage) PK683 Supermarine Spitfire F.24 W2718 Supermarine Walrus I (G-RNLI) XD332 Supermarine Scimitar F1(stored) XF114 Supermarine SwiftF7(G-SWIF)(Stored) W2718 Walrus (under restoration) 'N546' Wight Quadraplane replica (BAPC.164) Farnborough Air Sciences Trust WT309.English Electric Canberra B(I).6 (nose only) WV383.Hawker Hunter T.7 XV165.HS Buccaneer S.2B (nose only) XS420.English Electric Lightning T.5 XS932.English Electric Lightning F.6 (nose only) 503 . Mig21. arrived by road from Bournemouth 3rd March 2004 XP516.Gnat T.1 arrived June 04 XW566.Jaguar T2 arrived June 04 WV795 Seahawk FGA6(sold 2006) ZA195 Sea Harrier FA2 .... B707 Cockpit "U1215" Vampire T11 XF650 Hunter FGA9 Cockpit G-AWZI Trident 3 Nose XW241 Puma ex Qinetic .arr 7 Aug 07# XW934 Harrier T4 ex Qinetic ,arr 17 July 07 ZJ496 Jindivik reported here Sept 7th. 07

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