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Location
  
Southampton, Hampshire

Phone
  
+44 23 8063 5830

Type
  
Aviation museum

Solent Sky

Address
  
Albert Rd S, Southampton SO14 3FR, UK

Hours
  
Open today · 12–5PMSunday12–5PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSuggest an edit

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Profiles

Solent sky aviation museum with the mighty jingles


Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, previously known as Southampton Hall of Aviation.

Contents

It depicts the history of aviation in Southampton, the Solent area and Hampshire. There is special focus on the Supermarine aircraft company, based in Southampton, and its most famous products, the Supermarine S.6 seaplane and the Supermarine Spitfire, designed by R. J. Mitchell.

There is also coverage of the Schneider Trophy seaplane races, twice held at Calshot Spit, and the flying boat services which operated from the Solent.

Southampton hampshire uk city center solent sky museum


Aircraft on display

Aircraft on display at the museum include:

  • Avro 504J - Replica
  • Britten-Norman BN-1
  • de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW Mk.1 - XJ476
  • de Havilland Tiger Moth
  • de Havilland Vampire
  • Folland Gnat
  • Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 - Cockpit section. Modified to resemble Harrier FRS.1
  • Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel
  • Saro Skeeter (x 2)
  • Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 - TG263
  • Short Sandringham S.25/V - VH-BRC, Beachcomber
  • Slingsby Grasshopper
  • Slingsby Tandem Tutor
  • SUMPAC
  • Supermarine S.6A - N248, competed in the 1929 Schneider Trophy
  • Supermarine Seagull - Nose section only
  • Supermarine Spitfire F.24 - PK683
  • Supermarine Swift - Cockpit section
  • Wight Quadruplane - Replica
  • Engines on display

  • Alvis Leonides
  • Alvis Leonides Major
  • Bristol Siddeley Orpheus
  • Bristol Proteus
  • de Havilland Gipsy Major
  • Gnome Monosoupape
  • Metrovick Beryl
  • Napier Gazelle
  • Napier Lion
  • Napier Naiad
  • Napier Sabre
  • Napier Scorpion
  • Rolls-Royce/Continental 0-300
  • Rolls-Royce Derwent
  • Rolls-Royce Merlin
  • Charity

    The work of Solent Sky is supported by a registered charity, the R. J. Mitchell Memorial Museum Limited, whose objects are "to advance the education of the public in matters relating to aviation by establishing and maintaining a museum as a permanent memorial to R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Schneider Trophy S6B seaplane and the Spitfire."

    References

    Solent Sky Wikipedia