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Fury nose (photo, Andy Inman)

Bournemouth Aviation Museum
(An Unofficial Guide)

What's Here:

Established in 1999 from the former Classic Jets Museum, this expanding museum houses a range of flying and static airframes from the 1950s and 1960s. The museum owns the last surviving airworthy de Havilland Sea Vixen. A viewing gallery in the museum allows views of the activity in the de Havilland Aviation hangar.

Location:

At Bournemouth International Airport, Hurn, west of the A338, north of Bournemouth in Dorset. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Opening Hours:

This museum closed permanently on 16 December 2007.

Admission:

N/A

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Souvenir shop.

Contacts:

Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Hangar 600, Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6SE. Tel: 01202 580858. e-mail: baman@onetel.com, Official Website


Buccaneer S.2B XX897 (photo, Andy Inman)Note the Tornado F.3 nose cone on this aircraft
(photo, Andy Inman)
Sea Prince T.1 N7SY (photo, Andy Inman)Rear view of Sea Prince (photo, Andy Inman)


List of Aircraft Exhibits:

IdentityType [Real Identity]
XH537Avro Vulcan B.2MRR (nose)
G-BWOFBAC Jet Provost T.5 [XW291]
G-AVMNBAC 1-11 srs 510
G-AZMFBAC 1-11 srs 530
G-CPTWBell 206 JetRanger %%
-Bleriot XI (1/2 scale repro)
G-BKRLChichester-Miles Leopard
G-BRNMChichester-Miles Leopard**
G-AGSHD.H.89 Dragon Rapide 6
XP924/G-CVIXD.H.110 Sea Vixen D.3*
WZ507/G-VTIID.H.115 Vampire T.11*
XE856D.H.115 Vampire T.11 [G-DUSK]&
XH328D.H.115 Vampire T.11 (wings only)
'XJ771'/G-HELVD.H.115 Vampire T.55 [U-1215]
'WR421'D.H. Venom FB.50
WT532EE Canberra PR.7 (nose)
ZF582EE Lightning F.53 (nose)
C-552/G-DORNEKW C-3605
G-BXFDEnstrom 280
XR537/G-NATYFolland Gnat T.1
WM167Gloster Meteor TT.20 [G-LOSM]
WS776Gloster Meteor NF.14
G-BEYFHandley Page Herald 401
'361'Hawker Fury ISS
XG160/G-BWAFHawker Hunter F.6A
J-4083Hawker Hunter F.58
-Hawker Hunter T.7/F.6 composite [ET-272]
G-HVIPHawker Hunter T.68 [J-4208]
G-CBELHawker Sea Fury FB.11
XK527HS Buccaneer S.2B (nose)
XX897HS Buccaneer S.2B $
'K5673'Isaac's Fury III [G-BZAS]
1211Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-17F/SBLim-5 [G-MIGG]
KF488North American Harvard IIB (reconstruction)
WV740Percival Pembroke C.1 [G-BNPH] ££
WW421Percival Provost T.1 [G-BZRE] ##
G-BTURPiper PA-18 Super Cub 95
G-CHYLRobinson R-22B %%
G-RHCBSchweizer 269C %%
WZ798Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1
RT486Taylorcraft Auster AOP.5 [G-AJGJ]
-Vickers Vanguard (cockpit)
G-OPASVickers Viscount 806 (cockpit)
XT257Westland Wessex HAS.3

* This aircraft is airworthy.
& Owned by Dawn to Dusk Aviation - under restoration.
££ Airworthy resident - not owned by the museum.
%% Owned and operated by Bournemouth Helicopters Ltd.
** Housed in the museum but still undertakes development flying for Chichester-Miles.
$ XX897 is registered to 'Quicksilver' and only loaned to the museum.
## Composite airframe with WW450.
Notes: MiG-21PF 503/G-BRAM and Hunter F.51 E-402 have moved to the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust. D.H.104 Dove G-OPLC, HS.125-1B/522 G-ATPD and Northrop Shelduck D.1 XV383 are no longer listed on the official webite. Bell UH-1H Iroquois G-HUEY has been sold to a company at North Weald. Venom FB.50 G-GONE has moved to the Air Atlantique Classic Flight. Vampire T.11 XE920 [G-VMPR] has been sold in the USA. Sea Prince N7SY has been sold to a private owner.


Herald 401 G-BEYF (photo, Andy Inman)BAC 1-11 G-AVMN (photo, Andy Inman)
Venom FB.50 G-GONE (photo, Andy Inman)Vampire T.11 (photo, Andy Inman)
Rapide G-AGSH (photo, Andy Inman)Rapide nose (photo, Andy Inman)
Fury 'K5673' (photo, Andy Inman)Fury and Rapide (photo, Andy Inman)
Vampire T.55 'XJ771' (photo, Andy Inman)Gnat T.1 XR537 (photo, Andy Inman)
Meteor TT.20 WM167 (photo, Andy Inman)Fury 'K5673' (photo, Andy Inman)
Hunter T.68 G-HVIP (photo, Andy Inman)Hunter left side (photo, Andy Inman)
Jet Provost T.5 G-BWOF (photo, Andy Inman)Vulcan B.2 XH537 Nose (photo, Andy Inman)
Hunter F.51 E-402 (photo, Andy Inman)Sea Vixen D.3 XP924 (photo, Andy Inman)


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