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Solent Sky Museum

SO14 3FR Southampton, Great Britain (UK) (Hampshire)
Address Albert Road South
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Air and Space (aviation, spaceflight etc.)
  • Fire Brigade
  • Military Aerospace

Opening times
 dayly: 10am - 5pm

Admission
Status from 11/2020
 Adults: £10; Children: £6; Family Ticket: £20
Contact
Tel.:+44-23 80-63 58 30   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.solentsky.org
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Location / Directions
N50.897829° W1.393340°N50°53.86974' W1°23.60040'N50°53'52.1844" W1°23'36.0240"
Southampton is a city in Hampshire, South East England, 70 miles (110 km) south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) west of Portsmouth. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south.

The Solent region was the centre of aviation research and development between 1910 and 1960.

Rail The main station in the city is Southampton Central. Rail routes run east towards Portsmouth, north to Winchester, the Midlands and London, and westwards to Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester, Weymouth, Salisbury, Bristol and Cardiff.

Road The M27 motorway, linking places along the south coast of England, runs just to the north of the city. The M3 motorway links the city to London and also, via a link to the A34 (part of the European route E05) at Winchester, with the Midlands and North. The M271 motorway is a spur of the M27, linking it with the Western Docks and city centre.
Description

OVER 20 AIRCRAFT TO DISCOVER AND EXPLORE

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE F24 PK683
Southampton is the birthplace of the Supermarine Spitfire.

SHORT SANDRINGHAM S.25/V - VH-BRC, BEACHCOMBER
Southampton was home to the largest flying boat operation in the world. Learn about travelling to the British Empire on week-long aerial cruises, and climb aboard our giant Short Sandringham flying boat! Flight Deck visits available on request.

SUPERMARINE S.6A - N248, COMPETED IN THE 1929 SCHNEIDER TROPHY
The Schneider Trophy Air Race was the fastest and most dangerous sport in history.

HAWKER SIDDELEY HARRIER GR.3 - COCKPIT SECTION.
is one of the most popular exhibits – sit in the pilot’s seat and provide your own jet-fighter sound-effects for full “interactivity”!

SAUNDERS-ROE SR.A/1 – TG263
The world’s only jet-fighter-flying boat, and one of the most unusual experimental aircraft ever built.

SUPERMARINE SWIFT F5 COCKPIT AND F7 XF114
is another of our cockpits available for you to sit inside. Our other Swift is being restored in our workshop – make sure you stop by to see the work in progress!

FOLLAND GNAT F.1 XK740
 is a single-seat jet fighter and training aircraft that served with the British, Finnish, Indian and Yugoslav air forces. The aircraft was also manufactured in India as the HAL Ajeet.

AVRO 504J (REPLICA)
 is a First World War biplane. Production continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in the First World War, in any military capacity. More than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1940.

BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-1F - G-ALZE
 is a single-seat ultralight aircraft built on the Isle of Wight in 1950.

DE HAVILLAND SEA VIXEN - XJ571
 is a two-seat, carrier-based jet fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the 1950s through the early 1970s. 
The Sea Vixen was the first British two-seat combat aircraft to achieve supersonic speed, though not in level flight. Sea Vixens were used in combat over Tanganyika and over Yemen during the Aden Emergency.

DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH - BB807 (G-ADWO)
 is a 1930s biplane operated by the RAF and many other operators as a primary trainer aircraft.

DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE T.11 - 'U-1215' (XE998)
 was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF. The T.11 is the two-seat training version.

MIGNET HM.14 POU-DU-CIEL "FLYING FLEA" - G-ADZW
 is a light home-built aircraft first flown in 1933.

SARO SKEETER - G-APOI & XL770
is a two-seat training and scout helicopter that was developed and produced at Southampton Airport.

SUMPAC
The Southampton University Man Powered Aircraft (or SUMPAC) became the first human-powered aeroplane to make an officially authenticated take-off and flight on 9 November 1961.

SUPERMARINE SEAGULL - NOSE SECTION ONLY
The Supermarine Seagull is an amphibian flying boat.

WIGHT QUADRUPLANE REPLICA - ‘N546’
The Wight Quadruplane is a British single seat quadruplane fighter aircraft built by J Samuel White & Company Limited during World War I.

TWO MUSEUMS IN ONE!

Solent Sky is also the home of the Hampshire Police and Fire Heritage Collection!
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