Tour and short guide of the Newark Air Museum by Sqn Ldr Ted Coningsby.
Located on a part of former World War Two airfield of RAF Winthorpe, is the Newark Air Museum. They have over 75 aircraft including both helicopters and aeroplanes with a mixed range of diverse and significant aircraft. They also home noteworthy aircraft that are registered in the national aviation heritage register.
The Wessex helicopter seen in the opening scene, first entered RAF service in January 1964 with No.18 Squadron of RAF Odiham in Hampshire. It was the first RAF helicopter capable of night operations.
They even have the iconic Avro Vulcan, and you can get right underneath it. The Vulcan carried the United Kingdom’s first ever nuclear weapon, which was called Blue Danube. The Vulcan was used in combat as a long range bomber in the Falklands War in 1982.
WH904 was built as a B.2 by Shorts at Sydenham in 1953. In 1954 it joined 207 Sqn at RAF Marham. During 1955 it was converted to T.11 standard by Boulton-Paul when the extended nose was fitted to accommodate the Javelin. In 1963 it joined 85 Sqn, it was modified to a T.19 and spent time at Binbrook before returning to West Raynham and then on to join 7 Sqn at St. Mawgan in Cornwall. In 1979 the aircraft went into store at RAF St. Athan, finally moving to Marshalls of Cambridge from where it was moved to the Newark Air Museum.
WR977 was built in 1957 at Woodford and joined 220 Squadron (which was re-numbered 201) and coded ‘L’. In 1959 it was transferred to 206 Sqn and coded ‘B’ where it remained until 1963 when once again it flew with 201 Son coded ‘D’. After a few more years of changing squadrons and modifications, in 1970, WR977 finally came to be with 203 Sqn and moved to Luqa, Malta. It was retired to Thorney Island before joining a small museum at RAF Finningley as an instructional airframe. It was dismantled by the museum members and moved to Newark Air Museum in 1977.
This F100D Super Sabre has very early Lakenheath tail markings, LT. Today the base uses LN on their aircraft.
Blackburn Buccaneer was specially designed for the Royal Navy., which is why some have manually folded wings. The Buccaneer was a British low-level supersonic strike aircraft with nuclear weapon delivery capability. The RAF also used the Buccaneer, in 1969 and had been used in combat in the first Gulf War of 1991.
Ted gets a little bit excited when he sees the English Electric Lightning, as the aircraft was famous for its vertical climbing takeoffs. It was also unique for its vertically staggered twin engine configuration. It was a MACH 2 aircraft, meaning it could go twice the speed of sound.
This is a beautiful museum for anyone, from aviation enthusiasts or not. It could not be run or maintained without the wonderful staff/volunteers who make the place special personally.
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just some of the aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 (cockpit) XN819
Avro Anson C.19 VL348
Avro Ashton (fuselage) WB491
Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 WR977
Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594
BA Sea Harrier FRS.1 / FA.2 ZA176
Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 XN964
Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B (cockpit) - XX899
Bristol Sycamore III - WT933
BV Chinook HC.1 (fuselage) - ZA717
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 - WB624
de Havilland Tiger Moth - G-MAZY
de Havilland Vampire T.11 XD593
de Havilland Venom NF.3 WX905
de Havilland Dove - G-AHRI
English Electric Canberra B2 (Mod) WV787
EE Canberra PR.7 WH791
EE Canberra PR.9 (cockpit) - BAPC 518
EE Canberra T.17 (cockpit) WH863
EE T.19 - WH904
English Electric Lightning T.5 - XS417
EE F.6 (cockpit) XR757
Gloster Javelin FAW.8 XH992
Gloster Meteor NF.12 WS692
Gloster Meteor NF.14 WS739
Gloster Meteor T.7 - VZ634
Handley Page Hastings T.5 - TG517
Handley Page Jetstream - XX492
Hawker Hunter F.1 - WT651
Hawker Hunter T.7 (ex-XL605) XX467
Hawker Sea Hawk FB.3 - WM913
Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1 - XS726
HS Gnat T.1 XR534
Hunting Jet Provost T.3 (cockpit) - XN573
Hunting Jet Provost T.3A XM383
Lee Richards Annular Biplane (replica) - BAPC 20
Lockheed T-33A “5547”
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 (cockpit) - XV490
Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea BAPC 43
Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea (cockpit) BAPC 101
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML “Flogger - 024003607 “07”
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27K “Flogger” - 61912507006 “71”
North American F-100 Super Sabre 54-2223
Percival Provost WV606
SAAB Draken - AR-107
SAAB Viggen AJSH 37 - 37918
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 - XX634
SEPECAT Jaguar T2A XX829
SEPECAT Jaguar (cockpit) XX753
Supermarine Swift FR.5 - WK277
Vickers Varsity - WF369
Westland Lynx HC.28 QP-31
Westland (Bell 47) Sioux AH.1 XT200
Westland Wessex HC.2 - XV728
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 - XM685
Zurowski ZP.1 - BAPC 183
29 янв 2022
