Midland Air Museum

Midland Air Museum
Midland Air Museum

The Sir Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre at the Midland Air Museum
Location Baginton, Warwickshire
Type Aviation museum
Website http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk

The Midland Air Museum (MAM) is situated just outside the village of Baginton in Warwickshire, England, and is adjacent to Coventry Airport. The museum includes the Sir Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre (named after the local aviation pioneer and inventor of the jet engine), where many exhibits are on display in a large hangar. It also has a small hangar, and a fenced-off green area where many aircraft are on display in the open.

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Aircraft on display

The museum's two largest aircraft are an Avro Vulcan B.2 and an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.650 (series 101). The restored Avro Vulcan is a delta-winged aircraft that was originally part of the V bomber force and could be equipped with nuclear missiles as part of Britain's role in NATO's nuclear deterrent force during the Cold War. It is on display near the museum's car park, together with an Avro Blue Steel missile, an early design format of such a nuclear missile, and a Boulton Paul BP.111A, an experimental delta-winged aircraft of the 1950s.

The museum also has an English Electric Canberra PR.3, two English Electric Lightnings (the RAF's fastest ever interceptor), two Gloster Meteors (one on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum), an Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk FGA.6, a Mil Mi-24 helicopter, and many others.

List of aircraft on display

Engines on display

The Midland Air Museum has a number of aero engines on display with a dedicated section on the work of Frank Whittle.

Piston engines

Gas turbine engines

Rocket engines

Gallery

  • English Electric Lightning T55 (serial number 55-713)

  • English Electric Canberra PR3 (serial number WF992)

  • Boulton Paul BP.111A (serial number VT935).

  • Boulton Paul BP.111A (serial number VT935) - as seen in July 2007.

  • Avro Blue Steel nuclear missile

  • Avro Blue Steel nuclear missile (seen under Avro Vulcan wing)

  • Avro Vulcan B.2 (serial number XL360)

  • Avro Vulcan B.2 (serial number XL360)

  • Mil Mi-24

  • Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.650 (registration G-APRL)

  • Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk FGA.6 (serial number WV797)

  • Gloster Meteor NF.14 (serial number WS838, on loan from the RAF Museum)

See also

  • List of aerospace museums

External links

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Coordinates: 52°22′26.18″N 1°28′46.92″W / 52.3739389°N 1.4797°W / 52.3739389; -1.4797


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