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Fleet Air Arm Museum

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The museum also carries out various restoration projects. the last project was a Corsair KD 431 which in the summer of 2006 was unveiled as it would have appeared in 1944. In 2023 the projects underway are for a Fairey Barracuda and a Gloster Sea Gladiator. Visitors can see into (but not enter) the
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as it would have appeared in the 1970s with the inclusion of historical aircraft such as the Supermarine Seafire. The entrance to this hall is through a converted vibrating Wessex helicopter from Hall 2. The hall itself is a simulation of a section of the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal. A large
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The museum's collection includes a number of aircraft which are currently being restored and are not on display, although public access is allowed at least once a year. These are housed in Cobham Hall, a climate controlled building across the road from the museum.
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As of summer 2023 the museum has two temporary exhibitions: Flight of the Red Dragon, about King Charles's time within the Fleet Air Arm and a Falklands Exhibition which brings together five aircraft which served during the 1982
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screen shows historical carrier based information. There is also a series of rooms simulating the carrier's island with projections and a simulated lift ride to the top of the mock carrier.
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The second Concorde to fly and the first British-built example. It was flown to Yeovilton in March 1976 and opened to the public in July of that year. It has been on display ever since.
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airfield, and the museum has viewing areas where visitors can watch military aircraft (especially helicopters) take off and land. At the entrance to the museum are anchors from
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are also displayed. By the entrance to Hall 3 there is a collection of models of British aircraft carriers, illustrating the history of aircraft carrier design.
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Falklands Exhibition - previously used by 825 NAS. Left side in Royal Navy markings and the right side in yellow Royal Air Force Rescue scheme.
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The museum's shop has the most extensive selection of naval merchandise in the area, including various themed books and documentaries such as
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Improved for 2023: Instead of a traditional museum hall, the whole hall has been converted into a mock-up of the fleet carrier
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In addition to the four main exhibition halls, there are a number of smaller displays. These include:
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Replica An aircraft similar to this was used to make the first takeoff from a moving ship in 1912.
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Two-seat fighter. This is the Fulmar prototype, the only surviving example out of the 800 built.
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Also built as part of the Concorde programme, to explore the high-speed characteristics of the
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Reproduction. Displayed without any of the fabric covering, originally powered with a vintage
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There is an outside adventure playground for children in the museum's grounds and two cafés.
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Japanese Kamikaze aircraft designed to be carried to its target by a converted medium bomber
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This hall contains a display about the development of naval aviation from the early days of
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The Fleet Air Arm Museum is the home to an archive of material related to naval aviation.
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Hall 1: Falklands Exhibition - previously used by 825 NAS. Banana Split paint scheme.
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Used by 802 & 810 NAS. Painted as flown by Lt D T McKeown of 802 NAS/HMS Ocean
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when the museum was hit by a bomb. It is displayed in an unrestored condition.
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Previously used by 834 NAS. Now represents P4139, a Swordfish Mk.1 of 813 NAS
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This has had subsequent repaints removed to expose the original 1944 finish.
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to modern jet aircraft and helicopters, including the front section of the
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Mainly devoted to the Second World War, with a side room containing a
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Hall 1: Falklands Exhibition - Humphrey. Shrapnel damage to aircraft
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Hall 4: Falklands Exhibition - Paint scheme from the 1991 Gulf War
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Built as part of the development process that led to the Kestrel,
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and final letters from Kamikaze pilots. Two aircraft from the
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Falklands Exhibition - Humphrey. Sharpnel damage to aircraft
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Falklands Exhibition - Paint scheme from the 1991 Gulf War
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The museum's main display is divided into four areas:
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Museum devoted to the history of British naval aviation.
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As flown by Sub Lt Hyams. Composite of 8214 & 8215
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Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia)

Fleet Air Arm Museum is located in Somerset
RNAS Yeovilton
Somerset
England
Coordinates
51°00′54″N 2°38′12″W / 51.0150°N 2.6368°W / 51.0150; -2.6368
Aviation museum
www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/fleet-air-arm-museum
naval aviation
Royal Navy
aircraft carriers
RNAS Yeovilton
HMS Ark Royal
HMS Eagle
Yeovil
Bristol
Falklands War
Westland Wessex
Westland Wessex
Westland Sea King
BAE Sea Harrier FRS.1
Westland Lynx

airships
biplanes
fuselage
Short 184
Westland Aircraft

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