Cold War Jets Collection

Key Facts

What’s Here

Bruntingthorpe is a former USAF B-47 Stratojet base, and now home to an increasing number of classic British jet aircraft. Resident aircraft include Avro Vulcan XH558, currently undergoing a programme of work to return it to flying condition, and the world’s last airworthy Comet, XS235. Other residents include aircraft operated by the Buccaneer Preservation Society and the Lightning Preservation Group. Many of the aircraft based here are not static exhibits but kept alive with regular engine runs and fast taxi-runs along the (very long) runway. A relatively large collection of aircraft cockpits can also be seen.

Directions

Bruntingthorpe Airfield, between the M1 and A50 south of Leicester. Take the M1 to junction 20, A4304 east toward Husbands Bosworth, A5199 (used to be the A50) north toward Leicester. Bruntingthorpe should be signposted on this road. Roughly 3 miles north-east of Lutterworth. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Visiting

Opening Hours:

Open every Sunday, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm, plus open days during the summer.

Admission:

No current information.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Access for the disabled.

Jet Provost T.3 XN584	Comet 4C XS235

List of Aircraft Exhibits

** Spitfire MJ627 crashed at Coventry 1999 and is stored off-site.
% Aircraft up for sale.
Note: Canberra WK163 has been brought by the Air Atlantique Historic Flight and is no longer based at Bruntingthorpe. H.S. Harrier GR.3A ZD668 has been put into storage at Lowestoft. BAC Lightning T.55 nose ZF595 has been sold in the USA. Andover CC.12 XS791 has been sold to a private owner in the Ely, Cambridgeshire, area. Valiant B.1 nose XD875 has moved to Newark Air Museum on loan. Seahawk FGA.6 XE327 has moved to a museum in Germany. Sea Hawk WV795 has moved to the Farnborough Air Sciences Museum. Bulldog T.1 XX669 has moved to 2409 Sqn ATC at Halton. Hunter FGA.9 XE624 has been sold to a private owner. BAC Canberra B.6 (mod) XH568 (G-BVIC) has been dismantled, with some parts sold in USA.

More Information

C Walton (Aviation Division) Ltd, Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Bruntingthorpe, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 5QS. Tel: 0116 2478030 Fax: 0116 2478031.
For information on open days and special events visit the Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Collection webpage. Beech Restorations

Hunter F.58 J-4091	TS-11 Iskra 1018
Buccaneer S.2B XX900	Super Guppy 201 F-BTGV
Victor K.2 XM715	Close-up of Teasin Tina’s nose

More photographs on the next page.

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2 Comments

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  By M. JOLLY, 3 May 2010 @ 11:47 am

  Just found this site. I like it!!

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  By frits, 19 May 2010 @ 10:48 pm

  Grand list above.
  All of the complete items are”displayed”but,that’s not to say they’re not able to fly,they just have no permission anymore?
  The only one permitted is still the Vulcan?
  And there certainly must come an addition in the collection:what about the Gloster Meteor?

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