Midland_Air_Museum

Midland Air Museum

Midland Air Museum

Aviation museum in Baginton, Warwickshire

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.

Not to be confused with Midland Army Air Field Museum.
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Aircraft on display

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.650 (ex. registration G-APRL)
Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk FGA.6 (ex. serial number WV797)
Avro Blue Steel nuclear missile (seen under Avro Vulcan wing)
Avro Vulcan B.2 (ex. serial number XL360)
Boulton Paul BP.111A (ex. serial number VT935).
English Electric Lightning T55 (ex. serial number 55-713)
English Electric Canberra PR3 (ex. serial number WF992)
BAC Lightning F.6 ex. serial number XR771
Mil Mi-24
Gloster Meteor NF.14 (ex. serial number WS838, on loan from the RAF Museum)
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (ex. serial number R-756)
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (ex. serial number 63-7699, on loan from USAF Museum)
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo ex. serial number 56-0312

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

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Former residents on the British Aircraft Preservation Council register

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

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    Sold to the South Wales Aircraft Preservation Society between 1979 and 1981.[2]
  2. [N 2]
    Formerly owned by J. P. Berkeley.[4]
  3. [N 3]
    Formerly owned by J. P. Berkeley.[4]
  4. [N 4]
    Formerly owned by J. P. Berkeley.[4] Moved to the Torbay Aircraft Museum between 1981 and 84.[5]
  5. [N 5]
    Formerly owned by J. P. Berkeley.[4] Moved to the North Weald Aircraft Restoration Flight between 1981 and 84.[5]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Wright 1979, p. 188
  2. [2]
    Wright 1981, p. 187
  3. [3]
    Wright 1981, p. 188
  4. [4]
    Wright 1979, p. 189
  5. [5]
    Wright 1984, p. 249
  6. [6]
    Wright 1981, p. 189

Bibliography

  • Wright, Alan J., Civil Aircraft Markings 1979. Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, UK. ISBN 0-7110-0930-9.
  • Wright, Alan J., Civil Aircraft Markings 1981. Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, UK. ISBN 0-7110-1104-4.
  • Wright, Alan J., Civil Aircraft Markings 1984. Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, UK. ISBN 0-7110-1374-8.
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