Bournemouth Aviation Museum

Bournemouth Aviation Museum

Location within Dorset
Former name	Jet Heritage Museum
Established	May 1998
Location	Merritown Lane, Hurn, Dorset
Coordinates	50.7757°N 1.8426°W / 50.7757; -1.8426
Type	Aviation museum
Website	www.aviation-museum.co.uk

The Bournemouth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Bournemouth International Airport, near the village of Hurn in Christchurch. It houses a number of aircraft, aero engines, cockpits and a limited number of ground vehicles.

History

The museum was founded in May 1998 as the Jet Heritage Museum and was located on the property of Bournemouth Airport. However, the following year it was renamed Bournemouth Aviation Museum. Then, due to expansion of the airport, in 2008 the museum was forced to move to a site near the Adventure Wonderland theme park on the south side of the B3073 road.[1]

In 2013, the museum acquired a Boeing 737-200 named "The Spirit of Peter Bath" and has created an exhibition about Sir Peter Bath and his company Bath Travel inside the fuselage.[2]^[failed verification]

Collection

Aircraft on display

• Avro Vulcan B.2 (MRR) XH537 – Nose section only[3]
• BAC One-Eleven ZE432 – Forward fuselage only[4]
• British Aerospace 125 ZD620[5]
• British Aerospace Jetstream 31 640 – Nose section only[6]
• Boeing 737-200 21135[7]
• BAC Jet Provost T.5A XW310[8]
• CMC Leopard 001[9]
• Colomban Cri-Cri 12-0135[10]
• de Havilland Vampire T.11 XE856[11]
• English Electric Canberra PR.7 WT532 – Nose section only[12]
• English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF582 – Nose section only[13]
• Gloster Meteor NF.14 WS776[14]
• Grumman American AA-1B 0245[15]
• Grumman AA-5 Tiger 0979[16]
• Handley Page Herald 175[17]
• Handley Page Victor K.2 XL164 – Nose section only[6]
• Hawker Hunter F.6 XG160[18]
• Hunting Jet Provost T.3 XM404[19]
• North American Harvard IIB Composite[20]
• Percival Provost T.1 WW450/WW421[21][6]
• Radioplane Shelduck D.1 XR346/XV383/XW578[6]
• SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XX763[22]
• Vickers Vanguard – Nose section only[23]
• Vickers Viscount 263 – Nose section only[24]
• Westland Wasp HAS.1 XT431[25][6]
• Westland Wessex HAS.3 XT257[26]

Engines on display

• Bristol Siddeley Orpheus
• Daimler-Benz DB 601
• Junkers Jumo 211
• Rolls-Royce Avon
• Rolls-Royce Griffon
• Rolls-Royce Nene
• Rolls-Royce Viper

See also

• Bournemouth Air Festival
• List of aerospace museums

References

1. "About Us". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
2. Martin, Andy (16 December 2013). "Axed Palmair jet makes its final landing at Bournemouth aviation museum". Daily Echo. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
3. "Avro Vulcan". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
4. "BAC One Eleven". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
5. "BAe 125". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
6. Curtis, Howard J. (24 September 2020). "Bournemouth Airport Residents List". The 'AirNet' Web Site. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
7. "Boeing 737-229". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
8. "British Aircraft Corp Jet Provost T5A". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
9. "Chichester-Miles Leopard". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
10. "Colomban MC-12 Cri-Cri". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
11. "De Havilland Vampire T11". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
12. "English Electric Canberra PR.7". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
13. "English Electric Lightning". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
14. "Gloster Meteor NF14". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
15. "Grumman American AA-1B Trainer G-BBFC". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
16. "Grumman American AA-5B Tiger". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
17. "Handley Page Herald". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
18. "Hawker Hunter F6". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
19. "Hunting Jet Provost T3". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
20. "North American Harvard 11B". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
21. "Percival Provost". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
22. "Sepecat Jaguar GR1". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
23. "Vickers Vanguard simulator". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
24. "Vickers Viscount 806". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
25. "Westland Wasp". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
26. "Westland Wessex HAS3". Bournemouth Aviation Museum. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

External links

• Official website