Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
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Located in Flixton near Bungay, the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum spans eight acres and showcases East Anglia’s rich aviation heritage. With nearly 70 aircraft and over 30,000 artefacts, the museum features three hangars and eight themed buildings dedicated to RAF Bomber Command, Air-Sea Rescue, the Royal Observer Corps, and the 446th Bomb Group USAAF. […]
Features
- Avro Anson C.19 VL349
- BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 ZA175
- Beagle Terrier VX123 (civilian‑ised Auster AOP.6)
- Boeing Stearman PT‑27 Kaydet FJ801
- Bristol Sycamore HR.14 XG518
- Dassault Mystère IVA MD‑452
- de Havilland DHC‑1 Chipmunk T.10 WB627
- de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 XJ482
- de Havilland Vampire T.11 XK624
- English Electric Canberra T.4
- English Electric Lightning DB/F.1 XG329
- FMA IA 58 Pucará A‑528
- Fokker F.27 cockpit
- glider and ultralight types—Fokker D.VIII replica
- Gloster Javelin FAW.9R XH892
- Gloster Meteor F.8 WF643
- Goldfinch Amphibian
- Gowland Jenny Wren
- Grunau Baby IIIb
- Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XG254
- Hunting Jet Provost T.3A XN500
- Kiceniuk Icarus II
- Lightwing Rooster
- Lockheed T‑33A 55‑4433
- Lovegrove Autogyro Trainer & “Sheffy”
- Luton LA.5 Major
- MBA Tiger Cub
- McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV497
- microlight
- Mignet Flying Flea
- Mikoyan‑Gurevich MiG‑15bis S‑103 (623794)
- North American F‑100D Super Sabre 54‑2196
- Penrose Pegasus 2 glider
- Percival Provost T.1 WV605
- Percival Sea Prince T.1 WF128
- plus numerous civilian
- replica
- Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP.12 XL739
- Skycraft Super Scout 250
- Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1
- Solo Striker Microlight
- Thunder Ax7‑65Z balloon
- Vickers Valetta C.2 VX580
- Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XR485
- Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 XN304
- Woodstock Glider
- Zenair CH 601UL Zodiac
Description
Located in Flixton near Bungay, the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum spans eight acres and showcases East Anglia’s rich aviation heritage. With nearly 70 aircraft and over 30,000 artefacts, the museum features three hangars and eight themed buildings dedicated to RAF Bomber Command, Air-Sea Rescue, the Royal Observer Corps, and the 446th Bomb Group USAAF. Visitors can explore both military and civilian aircraft, including helicopters, autogyros, jets and gliders, alongside immersive displays on aerial archaeology, decoy sites and the Home Front.
Facilities include free on-site parking, accessible toilets and ramps, a museum shop, picnic areas, and a raised boardwalk nature trail. The museum is open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays from 10am to 4pm. Admission is free, with donations encouraged.
Special exhibits include a flyable replica of the Colditz Cock escape glider, the only privately owned complete de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1, and a Falklands War–captured FMA IA 58 Pucará.
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Contact Info
- 01986896644
- nsam.flixton@gmail.com
- www.aviationmuseum.net
- The St, Flixton, Bungay NR35 1NZ