Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
and airworthy collections
Brooklands Dr, Weybridge KT13 0SL
Date of visit: 21st March 2023
G-BBDG / cn 100-002
G-ASYD / cn BAC.053
G-AGRU / cn 112
WF372/A / cn 112
G-APIM / cn 412
XT575 / cn 438
G-APEP / cn 719
G-AVRM / cn 815
A40-AB Sultan of Oman / ex- G-ASIX / cn 820
Structural test section built by Vickers-Armstrong at Brooklands, and then tested in the Stratosphere Chamber and water tank
NX71MY / Replica FB27A
XV741
Cockpit Section built by BAC at Weybridge in c.1963 specifically for thermal test work at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough.
ex- G-LOTI / Replica
XV738
XF314
BAPC.250 / Replica displayed as F5475
BAPC.354 / Replica displayed as No.3, the aircraft that won the 1914 Schneider Trophy race
WK198 Fuselage
XD816 Cockpit section
Replica displayed as G-EBED
N2980 / R
G-AZLP / ex- ZS-CDT / cn 438
G-CHOI / cn 1
c.1938 Instrument Flying simulator
BAPC177 / Replica displayed as G-AACA
BAPC.249 / Replica displayed as K5673
RDAF E-421 / cn 41H-680280
Z2389 / XR-J
G-VTOL / B3-41H-735795
G-HAWK / ZA101
BAPC.256 / Replica
G-BFCZ / Replica displayed as B7270
G-CJAU / cn JA002
BAPC.421 - Vickers Wellington Forward Fuselage Reproduction
The Stratosphere Chamber, designed by Barnes Wallis, was built in 1946 to investigate high-speed flight at very high altitudes.
The exhibition covers the inspirational story of Barnes Wallis, a pioneer beyond his times. Having designed the World War II Tall Boy and Bouncing Bombs, he continued as the head of the Research and Development Department for Vickers Aircraft company after 1946.
G-APEJ / cn 713
On display in the Great Chamber, just as it would have been on test in the 1950s.
The Great Chamber door and its heavy undercarriage
Side entry to chamber
Rear of chamber
The Museum’s collection of aero engines ranging from early piston engines to advanced turbofan jet engines, are also on display.
Bouncing bombs
Tall Boy bomb
The original Control tower and Aero Clubhouse
(located in the adjacent retail park)
FYY584H Leyland BMC AVGAS Fuel Truck