Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
and airworthy collections
Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
Date of visit: 16th February 2014
RFC D7560 (built 1917)
AP507 (built 1934)
304 BAPC.62
G-AAAH 'Jason' in which Amy Johnson made her solo flight from England to Australia in 1930 (built 1928)
210 / 16 BAPC.56 (built 1915)
W4041/G (first flight 15/05/1941) developed by Frank Whittle to test the first British jet engine
G-ASSM (built 1965)
XP831 - Prototype that first achieved a vertical takeoff on 21/10/1960
L1592 / KW-Z (built 1940)
BAPC.54 - said to be a copy of a Bleriot monoplane and built by JA Prestwich in 1910
BAPC.55 (built 1909)
replica - BAPC.52
G-LIOA (built 1935)
191316
G-AZPH (built 1969)
BAPC.50 (built 1909)
G-EBIB (built 1917)
8018M / XN344 (built 1960)
DFY
XG9002 (CTOL 02/04/1957 - VTOL 26/05/1958) Britain's first fixed-wing VTOL aircraft.
S1595 - Designed by R J Mitchell and Schneider Trophy winner 1931
P9444 / RN-D (built 1940)
BAPC.51 in which John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown made the 1st non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in June 1919 (built 1918)
J.8067 (first flight 1925) Swept wing tail-less experimental monoplane at Farnborough
replica BAPC.53
Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig - Experimental vertical take-off / First 'free' flight 03/08/1954
BAPC.199 / 442795
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G-ADHL
G-FAAW
G-EAXZ