Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Aviation museum in Tangmere, West Sussex
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The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is a museum located on the former site of RAF Tangmere, West Sussex. The museum was opened in June 1982.[1] Many aerospace exhibits covering the First World War to the Cold War are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and aircraft engines.
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| Established | 1982 |
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| Location | Tangmere, West Sussex |
| Coordinates | 50.8467°N 0.7147°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Website | www |
Aircraft on display
The museum aircraft are housed in two hangars with a small number on display externally. Several exhibits are on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum including the Hawker Hunter used by Neville Duke to break the airspeed record in 1953.[2][3]
Piston engine aircraft
- Hawker Hurricane – replica[4]
- Supermarine Spitfire K5054 – replica[5]
- Westland Lysander – replica[6]
Jet aircraft
- de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ580[7]
- de Havilland Vampire T.11 XH313[8]
- English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF578[9]
- Gloster Meteor F.4 EE549[10]
- Gloster Meteor F.8 WA829/WA984[11]
- Hawker Hunter F.3 WB188[12]
- Hawker Hunter F.5 WP190[13]
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744[14]
- McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV408[15]
- Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281[16]
Aircraft cockpits
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 WZ876[17]
- English Electric Canberra B.2 WE113[18]
- Hawker Hunter F.4 WV332[19]
- Percival Provost T.1 XF840[20]
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A – replica[21]
- Supermarine Spitfire IX – under construction[22]
Helicopters
- Westland Wessex HU.5 XS511[23]
Simulators
- Air Combat Simulator[24]
- English Electric Lightning[25]
- Red Simulators[26]
