Tangmere Military Aviation Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 1982 |
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| Location | Tangmere, West Sussex |
| Type | Aviation museum |
The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is a museum located on the former site of RAF Tangmere, West Sussex. The museum was opened in June 1982. Many aerospace exhibits covering the First World War to the Cold War are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and aircraft engines.
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Aircraft on display
The museum aircraft are housed in two hangars with a small number on display externally. Several exhibits are on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum including the Hawker Hunter used by Neville Duke to break the airspeed record in 1953.
Piston engine aircraft
- Hawker Hurricane – replica
- Supermarine Spitfire K5054 – replica
- Westland Lysander – replica
Jet aircraft
- de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ580
- de Havilland Vampire T.11 XH313
- English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF578
- Gloster Meteor F.4 EE549
- Gloster Meteor F.8 WA829/WA984
- Hawker Hunter F.3 WB188
- Hawker Hunter F.5 WP190
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744
- McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV408
- Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281
Aircraft cockpits
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 WZ876
- English Electric Canberra B.2 WE113
- Hawker Hunter F.4 WV332
- Percival Provost T.1 XF840
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A – replica
- Supermarine Spitfire IX – under construction
Helicopters
- Westland Wessex HU.5 XS511
Simulators
- Air Combat Simulator
- English Electric Lightning
- Red Simulators
Aircraft engines
Piston engines
- Rolls-Royce Griffon
Gas turbine engines
- Rolls-Royce Derwent
- Rolls-Royce Nene
- Rolls-Royce Palouste
See also
- List of aerospace museums
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