What's Here:

The museum is located in an underground emergency wartime command and control bunker, and houses a collection of aviation artefacts. Displays cover the history of Wellesbourne Mountford airfield, together with various aircraft components and memorabilia. There is a small aircraft park, including the nose of Vulcan XA903. This aircraft was used to test the Olympus engines of Concorde in the 1960s, and a small dedicated group of enthusiasts is trying to restore some of the additional test equipment used in this aircraft. Elsewhere on the airfield, Vulcan XM655 undertakes taxi runs on occasions.

Location:

Located at Wellesbourne Mountford airfield, south of the B4086 near Wellesbourne, 5 miles east of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Opening Hours:

Open Sundays & Bank Holidays 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

Admission:

£1.50 adults, £0.50 children.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Access for the disabled.

Contacts:

Derek Powell, Wellesbourne Aviation Group, 167 Colebourne Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0HB. Tel: Not known.

Provost T.1 WV679. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)	Rear view of the Provost. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)

List of Aircraft Exhibits:

Vampire T.11 XK590. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)	Vampire avionics bay. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)
Yak-52 RA-01378. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)	Vulcan B.1 cockpit. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)