Newark Air Museum, The Friendly Air Museum

[carojon]

Back in May this year on a visit to Partizan 2024, I and friends spent part of the weekend visiting the Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire on the former Bomber Command airfield of RAF Winthorpe, now given over as a show ground that includes the museum and the display hall for Partizan.



The museum's main focus for its collection is around military, training and other significant developments in aircraft in the Post War/Cold War era and the advent of the modern jet age.



If you would like to know more, the follow the link to JJ's

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2024/07/newark-air-museum-friendly-air-museum.html

JJ

[dadlamassu]

Thanks for posting.  I was there many years ago on a field exercise when I commanded a Transport Regiment and during the time we were able to help by servicing a number of their wheeled AFVs in our workshops.  Great practice for the troops who also got a chance drive some of them (Ferets and a Saracen). 

I remember a full size Bf109 on display that was an entirely scratch built model.  The rivet heads, I was told, were the "holes" from a paper punch. 

Must go back sometime.

[Storm Wolf]

An extremely interesting read, slightly jealous I was not there  , but thanks ever so much for posting

[Michi]

Many thanks for the brief introduction here and even bigger thanks to the excellent read on your blog!

[carlos marighela]

Oooh a Sea Vixen! My favourite FAA fighter. 

Pity that so much of it must reside outside, subject to the ravages of the elements, it's a nice collection.

[AKULA]

Used to be on my doorstep 

If you go to the York Show in feb, its well worth a visit to Elvington Air Museum just down the road 

[SJWi]

Nice review.  I haven't been there since the mid '90s and it has obviously grown since then. I am somewhat bemused by the untitled gray missile with an orange band around it. Looks like a model of a Stormshadow but I can't be sure.   

[Harry Faversham]

Did you see the little grave marker for 'Doggy Edwards'. I told the Curator at little story about it many years ago now. He told me he was going to add the tale to the display...
wonder if he ever did?

[Jemima Fawr]

My old boss Gp Capt Roger Sweatman delivered their Vulcan.  He told me that it was the last chance to get it in, as the runway was about to be shortened due to the building of the new bypass.  As he taxied to the stand, the bulldozers were already moving in behind him to rip up the end of the runway.

He also delivered one of the two Vulcans now in the USA.

[Jemima Fawr]

Their two Floggers are looking a lot smarter than when I last saw them!  Nice to see that they're working through the collection and doing some restoration.

The Storm Shadow lookalike was probably a mockup used as 'ballast' for test-flying.  41 Sqn (the test & evaluation unit) always marks all their trials kit with orange, which includes all wiring and bits of kit being trialed internally, as well as the bits hanging on the outside.

[Jemima Fawr]

Here's a 41 Sqn Typhoon flying with a Storm Shadow test-bed (this particular one had all the necessary electronics to integrate with the aircraft, but had ballast instead of warhead and engine).  The one at Newark looks simpler, so was probably simply a ballasted aerodynamic model to hang off a hardpoint, to test the handling characteristics while attached to the aircraft.

[Cypher226]

Similar to others, it's been some time since I visited Newark, I remember liking the collection but thinking it was a bit tired (we are talking 10+ years).   They (thankfully) seem to have put a fair bit of work in so a return visit is in order I think!

[Jemima Fawr]

Similar to others, it's been some time since I visited Newark, I remember liking the collection but thinking it was a bit tired (we are talking 10+ years).   They (thankfully) seem to have put a fair bit of work in so a return visit is in order I think!

I was thinking the same thing.  A few of the aircraft that used to be pretty shabby are now looking great in those photos.

[ErikB]

Dangit!  I got all excited when I read the title of this thread.  We just moved to Newark... California.  :-(