Newark Air Museum – Cockpit Fest – 28th August 2021/RAF Cranwell Gate Guards.

RAF Cranwell

  • HS Dominie T1 – XS727 : D : 55(R)Sqn
  • Jet Provest T5 – XW353 : 3 : 6FTS.

Newark Air Museum

Great turn out for Cockpit Fest 2021 with fine weather and a good number of people made this a great event.

The pictures I took are not a full list of what was on show on the day.

Cockpits visiting

  • 1: Hawker Siddeley 125 –  G-BOCB.
  • 2: NA P-51D Mustang – Ser. No’s 44-11175 & 44-14134.
  • 3: Sea Vixen FAW.2 – XN651 
  • 4: Percival Piston Provost T.1 
  • 5: de Havilland Dove – G-ANAP.
  • 6: Harvard IIb – FX322
  • 7: Harrier GR3 –  XV810
  • 8: Dragon Rapide cockpit replica.
  • 9: Jet Provost T5 –  XW302/G-BYED
  • 10: Tempest MKV – SN280
  • 11: Cessna 140 – G-BTYX
  • 12: Beagle Airedale – G-ARXB
  • 13: Beagle Pup 150 – HB-NAV 
  • 14: Stolp Starduster Too – G-BNNA
  • 15: Slingsby Dart 15 – 404
  • 16: Schleicher K86 – BGA522
  • 17: Lightning F2A – XN728. (The A1 Lighting )
  • 18:
  • 19: IAR Brasov IS-28M24 Motor Glider.
  • 20: Buckaneer S2 – XN979 – Rig.
  • 21: Enstrom – HB-XMO .

Cockpits based at Newark Air Museum.

  • 22: McD F-4 Phantom FGR2– XV490 – Outside Hall 1
  • 23: Canberra Test Cockpit – Outside Hall 1 .
  • 24: Lightning F6 – XR757 – Outside Hall 1 .
  • 25: Blackburn Buccaneer S2 – XX899 – Outside Hall 1 .
  • 26: Canberra T.17-WH863- Outside Hall 1
  • 27: Provost T.3- XN573 : E – Hall 2
  • 28: Sepecat Jaguar – XX753 – Hall 1.
  • 29: Argosy C.1 – XN819
  • 30: Beverley C.1 – XB261 – Hall 2

Aircraft displayed outside

  • 31 : Avro Ashton (fuselage) – WB491.
  • 32: GAF Jindivik – A92-708.
  • 33: Gloster Meteor T.7 – VZ634.
  • 34: Westland Wessex HC.2 – XV728.
  • 35: EE Canberra PR.7 – WH791.
  • 36: DH104 Dove 1B – 4X-ARI (G-AHRI).
  • 37:-Avro Vulcan B.2 – XM594
  • 38:-MS.880 Rallye – G-BFTZ
  • 39: Cessna 310 USAF 82127 (G-APNJ).
  • 40: EE Canberra T.19 -WH904
  • 41: Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 – WR977
  • 42: H.P Hastings T.5 – TG517
  • 43: Dassault Mystere IV – No, 83
  • 44: N.A F-100D Super Sabre – 0-63008 (54-2223) LT.
  • 45: Boeing Chinook HC.1 (fuselage) – ZA717
  • 46: Westland Lynx HC.28 – QP-31.
  • 47 :Sud Puma HC.1 – XW208
  • 48: Blackbuen Buccaneer S.1 – XN964
  • 49: Heron 1B – G-ANXB : BEA markings.
  • 50: MiG-23ML “Flogger – 024003607 “07”
  • 51: MiG-27K “Flogger”61912507006 “71
  • 52: Sud SA330 Puma Fuselage – 9L-LSG.
  • 53: Fairy Gannet AEW.3 -XP226.
  • 54: DH Sea Vixen FAW.2- XJ560.
  • 55:Gloster Meteor NF.14 – WS739.
  • 56:Hunter T.7 – XX467.
  • 57:Lightning T.5 – XS417.
  • 58:Sepecat Jaguar T2A -XX829
  • 59:EE Canberra B2 (Mod)- WV787
  • 60 :Lockheed T-33A Shooting star – 91007.

Display Hall 1

  • 61: Auster AOP.9 fuselage / wings – XR268
  • 62: General Aircraft Monospar ST-12 – VH-UTH
  • 63: Clutton FRED Series 2 G-BJAD
  • 64: DH82A Tiger Moth – G-MAZY
  • 65: Taylor Monoplane – G-APRT.
  • 66: Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea (cockpit remains) – BAPC 101
  • 67: Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea – BAPC 43
  • 68: Maxair Hummer microlight – G-MJCF
  • 69: Quicksilver MX microlight – G-MJDW
  • 70: Avro Anson C.19 – VL348.
  • 71: Hiway Skytrike microlight – G-MBVE
  • 72: Lee Richards Annular Biplane (replica) -BAPC 20
  • 73: Lockeed TriStar SIM (cockpit) – Unmarked
  • 74: MBA Tiger Cub 440 – G-MBUE.
  • 75: Percival Prentice – VR249
  • 76: Percival Provost – WV606,
  • 77: Zurowski ZP.1-BAPC 183.
  • 78: DH Venom NF.3 – WX905
  • 79: Bensen gyrocopter – G-ASNY
  • 80: Bristol Sycamore III – WT933.
  • 81: DH Sea Venom FAW.21WW217
  • 82: SAAB Draken – AR-107
  • 83: SAAB Safir – 56321.
  • 84: DH Vampire T.11 – XD593
  • 85: Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 – XM685
  • 86: Slingsby Cadet TX2 – VM637.
  • 87: Ward Gnome – BAPC 330
  • 88: Saro Skeeter –

Display Hall 2.

  • 89: BA Sea Harrier FRS.1 / FA.2 – ZA176.
  • 90: DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 – WB624.
  • 91: Gloster Javelin FAW.8 – XH992.
  • 92: Aviasud Sirocco microlight – G-MNRT
  • 93: Gloster Meteor FR.9 (Mod)VZ608.
  • 94: Gloster Meteor NF.14 – WS739.
  • 95: Supermarine Swift FR.5 – WK277.
  • 96: H.P Jetstream T1 – XX492.
  • 97: HS Gnat T.1 – XR534.
  • 98: Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike – G-BKPG.
  • 99: Hiway Skytrike microlight – G-MBVE
  • 100 : SAAB Viggen AJSH 37 – 37918.
  • 101: HS Dominie T1 – XS726.
  • 102: Lockeed TriStar SIM (cockpit)
  • 103: Slingsby T.67 Firefly CIM
  • 104: Tasuma CSV 30 UAV – BAPC 516
  • 105: Tasuma CSV 30 UAV ‘Navigator’ – BAPC 517
  • 106: Tasuma Obsever UAV – BAPC 515
  • 107: Vickers Varsity T1 – WF369.
  • 108: Volmer VJ-24 microlight – G-MBBZ.
  • 109: Powerchute Kestrel microlight – G-CCLT
  • 110: Hawker Hunter F.1 – WT651
  • 111 :XM383 : Hunting Jet Provest T3A : 90 : 7 FTS.

Stored/under restoration.

Restoration workshop

  • 112 : Mooney M20A : G-APVV.
  • 113 : N.A Havard : 42-12417.
  • 114 : Slingsby Cadet TX1 – RA897 .

Stored in glider trailer

  • 115 : SZD-30 Pirat Glider – BGA1470.

Stored

  • 116 :Grass Hopper : XA239.
  • 117 :Sherwood Ranger :

Always a great day out at the best run private Aircraft Museum.