The City of Norwich Aviation Museum is a volunteer run museum and charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of the aviation history of the county of Norfolk, England. The museum is located on the northern edge of Norwich International Airport and is reached by road through the village of Horsham St. Faith.
The museum is open daily except Mondays during the summer months and on Wednesdays, some Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through the winter. A small charge is made for admission.
The museum will be skirted by the proposed Northern Distributor Road; aircraft have been positioned elsewhere to accommodate this.
Collections and Displays
The museum has an aircraft collection featuring the following preserved aircraft:
Avro Vulcan B.2 - Royal Air Force XM612Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 - Royal Navy XN967 - Cockpit Section OnlyBAC Lightning F.53 - Royal Saudi Air Force 53-686Cessna 401 - G-OVNEDassault Mystère IV - French Air Force N.o 121English Electric Canberra - Royal Air Force WH984 - Cockpit Section OnlyEvans VP-2 - G-BTAZFokker F27 Air UK - G-BHMYGloster Meteor F.8 - Royal Air Force WK654Gloster Meteor NF.11 - Royal Air Force - WM267 - Cockpit Section OnlyHandley Page Dart Herald - G-ASKKHawker Harrier T.4N- Royal Navy XW268, Restoration in progressHawker Hunter F.6A - XG172 painted as Royal Air Force XG168Hawker Hunter F.51 - Danish Air Force E-409 (painted as Royal Air Force XE638)Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MRA.2 - Royal Air Force XV255, arrived 24 May 2010Lockheed T-33 French Air Force 16718 painted as United States Air Force 16718McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom GR.2 - Royal Air Force XV426 - Cockpit Section OnlySOCATA Rallye MS.880B Rallye - G-ASATSEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 - Royal Air Force XX109Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper - Royal Air Force XP458Supermarine Scimitar - CIM cockpitWestland Whirlwind HAR.10 - Royal Air Force XP355Piper PA-23 -250 Aztec - G-AYMOFormerly included in the collection were:
Avro Shackleton - Royal Air Force VP293 - Cockpit Section OnlyAvro Anson - Royal Air ForceDe Havilland Sea Vixen - Royal NavyDe Havilland Vampire T.11 - Royal Air ForceEnglish Electric Lightning F.3 - Royal Air Force - Cockpit Section OnlyEnglish Electric Lightning F.6 - Royal Air Force - Cockpit Section OnlyGloster Javelin FAW9 - Royal Air ForceHandley Page Herald 210 - G-AVEZHawker Hunter T.7 - Royal Air Force XF321 - Cockpit Section Only, Temporary ResidentTipsy Nipper - fuselage onlyWestland Whirlwind HAR7 - Royal Air ForceThe museum has indoor displays relating to the history of Aviation in Norfolk that include:
100 Group Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force in NorfolkUSAAF Eighth Army Air ForceThe USAAF 2d Air DivisionThe USAAF 458th Bombardment GroupRAF Horsham St FaithRAF MarhamRAF ColtishallRAF SculthorpeRAF Swanton MorleyNo. 68 Squadron RAFNorwich Int'l Airport
