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 XM612
Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 - Royal Navy XN967 - Cockpit Section Only
BAC Lightning F.53 - Royal Saudi Air Force 53-686
Cessna 401 - G-OVNE
Dassault Mystère IV - French Air Force N.o 121
English Electric Canberra - Royal Air Force WH984 - Cockpit Section Only
Evans VP-2 - G-BTAZ
Fokker F27 Air UK - G-BHMY
Gloster Meteor F.8 - Royal Air Force WK654
Gloster Meteor NF.11 - Royal Air Force - WM267 - Cockpit Section Only
Handley Page Dart Herald - G-ASKK
Hawker Harrier T.4N- Royal Navy XW268, Restoration in progress
Hawker Hunter F.6A - XG172 painted as Royal Air Force XG168
Hawker 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 2010
Lockheed T-33 French Air Force 16718 painted as United States Air Force 16718
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom GR.2 - Royal Air Force XV426 - Cockpit Section Only
SOCATA Rallye MS-880B Rallye - G-ASAT
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 - Royal Air Force XX109
Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper - Royal Air Force XP458
Supermarine Scimitar - CIM cockpit
Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 - Royal Air Force XP355
Piper PA-23 -250 Aztec - G-AYMO
Formerly included in the collection were:
Avro Shackleton - Royal Air Force VP293 - Cockpit Section Only
Avro Anson - Royal Air Force
De Havilland Sea Vixen - Royal Navy
De Havilland Vampire T.11 - Royal Air Force
English Electric Lightning F.3 - Royal Air Force - Cockpit Section Only
English Electric Lightning F.6 - Royal Air Force - Cockpit Section Only
Gloster Javelin FAW9 - Royal Air Force
Handley Page Herald 210 - G-AVEZ
Hawker Hunter T.7 - Royal Air Force XF321 - Cockpit Section Only, Temporary Resident
Tipsy Nipper - fuselage only
Westland Whirlwind HAR7 - Royal Air Force
The museum has indoor displays relating to the history of Aviation in Norfolk that include:
100 Group Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force in Norfolk
USAAF Eighth Army Air Force
The USAAF 2d Air Division
The USAAF 458th Bombardment Group
RAF Horsham St Faith
RAF Marham
RAF Coltishall
RAF Sculthorpe
RAF Swanton Morley
No. 68 Squadron RAF
Norwich Int'l Airport
