Solway Aviation Museum

The Solway Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located at Carlisle Lake District Airport in Cumbria.[1]

Solway Aviation Museum
Solway Aviation Museum is located in England
Solway Aviation Museum
Solway Aviation Museum
Location within England
Solway Aviation Museum is located in Cumbria
Solway Aviation Museum
Solway Aviation Museum
Solway Aviation Museum (Cumbria)
Solway Aviation Museum is located in the former City of Carlisle district
Solway Aviation Museum
Solway Aviation Museum
Solway Aviation Museum (the former City of Carlisle district)
Established1961 (1961)
LocationCarlisle Lake District Airport
Irthington
Cumbria
Coordinates54°56′42″N 2°48′36″W
TypeAviation museum
Websitewww.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk

About

The Museum is run by The Solway Aviation Society and staffed by volunteers. The Society is a registered charity supported by entrance charges to the Museum, and public donations. In addition to normal opening the Museum hosts educational visits for school classes studying the Second World War and for Scouts achieving their Air Activities Badge. Following the closure of the RAF Millom Museum, many of the artefacts were moved to Solway Aviation Museum for safe keeping and eventual exhibition when space permits.

The Buildings contain exhibits and artefacts relating to aviation in Cumbria, including the Second World War and also houses individual displays featuring the development of the Blue Streak missile, Martin-Baker ejection seats, and the development and activities of the Airport itself since the Second World War.

Avro Vulcan XJ823

Collection

The current collection includes the following:[2]

AircraftSerialNotes
Avro Vulcan B.2XJ823Royal Air Force, it was flown into Carlisle Airport in January 1983, after the Falklands War[3]
BAC Jet Provost T.4XS209Royal Air Force, was used as a training airframe
DH Vampire T.11WZ515Royal Air Force
Gloster Meteor NF.14WS832Built by Armstrong Whitworth, last used at the Royal Aerospace Establishment Llandbedr, Wales
English Electric Canberra T.4WE188Royal Air Force
BAC Lightning F.53ZF583Former Royal Saudi Air Force painted in Royal Air Force markings.
Hawker Hunter F.51XG190Former Royal Danish Air Force aircraft painted to represent an aircraft of the Empire Test Pilot's School
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2XV406Royal Air Force, formerly a gate guard at 14 MU RAF Carlisle
Percival Sea Prince T.1WP314Royal Navy
SEPECAT JaguarXX146[4]
Sikorsky Whirlwind HAR.21WV198Royal Navy

See also

References
  1. Solway Aviation Museum Mapping Museum research project
  2. "Aircraft". Solway Aviation Museum. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. The Avro Vulcan, Solway Aviation Museum
  4. McTaggart, Paul (23 August 2023). "Volunteers restore SEPECAT Jaguar for Solway Aviation Museum". News & Star. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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