{{more citations needed|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox museum | name = Tangmere Military Aviation Museum | logo = | image = Military Aviation Museum-Tangmere - geograph.org.uk - 1729366.jpg | alt = | caption = | map_type = West Sussex | coordinates = {{Coord|50.8467|N|0.7147|W|source:wikidata|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = {{start date|1982|df=y}} | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = [[RAF Tangmere|Tangmere]], [[West Sussex]] | type = [[Aviation museum]] | founder = | director = | president = | curator = | website = {{URL|http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk}} }}
The '''Tangmere Military Aviation Museum''' is a [[aviation museum|museum]] located on the former site of [[RAF Tangmere]], [[West Sussex]]. The museum was opened in June 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Tangmere |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/about-tangmere |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=25 September 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922152008/https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/about-tangmere |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many aerospace exhibits covering the First World War to the Cold War are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and [[aircraft engine]]s.
==Aircraft on display== The museum aircraft are housed in two hangars with a small number on display externally. Several exhibits are on loan from the [[Royal Air Force Museum]] including the [[Hawker Hunter]] used by [[Neville Duke]] to break the [[airspeed record]] in 1953.<ref>Ellis 2004, pp. 215-216.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Merston Hall |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/what-to-see/merston-hall |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>
===Piston engine aircraft=== {{div col}} * [[Hawker Hurricane]] – replica<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hurricane-mk-1 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Supermarine Spitfire]] ''K5054'' – replica<ref>{{cite web |title=Prototype Spitfire |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/prototype-spitfire |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Westland Lysander]] – replica<ref>{{cite web |title=Westland Lysander Mk III (SD) |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/westland-lysander-mk-iii-scw |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
===Jet aircraft=== [[File:De Havilland Sea Vixen TMAM.jpg|thumb|[[de Havilland Sea Vixen]]]] {{div col}} * [[de Havilland Sea Vixen|de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2]] ''XJ580''<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW2 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/de-havilland-sea-vixen-faw2 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[de Havilland Vampire T.11]] ''XH313''<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland Vampire T11 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/de-havilland-vampire-t11 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[English Electric Lightning F.53]] ''ZF578''<ref>{{cite web |title=English Electric Lightning F53 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/english-electric-lightning-f53 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Gloster Meteor|Gloster Meteor F.4]] ''EE549''<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloster Meteor F4 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/gloster-meteor-f4 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Gloster Meteor|Gloster Meteor F.8]] ''WA829/WA984''<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloster Meteor F8 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/gloster-meteor-f8 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Hawker Hunter|Hawker Hunter F.3]] ''WB188''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawker Hunter Mk3 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hunter-mk3 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Hawker Hunter|Hawker Hunter F.5]] ''WP190''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawker Hunter Mk 5 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hunter-mk-5 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier|Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3]] ''XV744''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawker-Siddeley Harrier GR3 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-siddeley-harrier-gr3 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222020838/http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-siddeley-harrier-gr3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II non-U.S. operators|McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2]] ''XV408''<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonnell Douglas Phantom |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/mcdonnell-douglas-phantom |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Supermarine Swift|Supermarine Swift FR.5]] ''WK281''<ref>{{cite web |title=Supermarine Swift FR5 | WK281 |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/supermarine-swift-fr5-wk281-2 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
===Aircraft cockpits=== {{div col}} * [[de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk|de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10]] ''WZ876''<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland Chipmunk Cockpit |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/de-havilland-chipmunk-cockpit |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[English Electric Canberra B.2]] ''WE113''<ref>{{cite web |title=Canberra B2 Cockpit |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/canberra-b2-cockpit |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Hawker Hunter F.4]] ''WV332''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawker Hunter F4 Cockpit |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hunter-f4-cockpit |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Percival Provost T.1]] ''XF840''<ref>{{cite web |title=Percival Provost Cockpit |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/percival-provost-cockpit |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A]] – replica<ref>{{cite web |title=SE5a Cockpit Replica |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/se5a-cockpit-replica |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire IX]] – under construction<ref>{{cite web |title=Museum’s Spitfire Replica Cockpit |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/news/museums-spitfire-replica-cockpit |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=25 September 2020 |date=December 2014}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
===Helicopters=== * [[Westland Wessex HU.5]] ''XS511''<ref>{{cite web |title=Westland Wessex Helicopter |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/westland-wessex-helicopter |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>
==Simulators== {{div col}} * Air Combat Simulator<ref>{{cite web |title=Combat Simulator |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/flight-simulators/combat-simulator |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=23 September 2020}}</ref> * [[English Electric Lightning]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lightning Simulator |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/flight-simulators/lightning-simulator |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=23 September 2020}}</ref> * Red Simulators<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Flight Simulators |url=http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/flight-simulators/red-flight-simulators |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |accessdate=23 September 2020}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
==Aircraft engines== [[File:Rolls-Royce Derwent TMAM.jpg|thumb|[[Rolls-Royce Derwent]] on display]]
===Piston engines=== * [[Rolls-Royce Griffon]]
===Gas turbine engines=== {{div col}} * [[Rolls-Royce Derwent]] * [[Rolls-Royce Nene]] * [[Turbomeca Palouste|Rolls-Royce Palouste]] {{Div col end}}
==See also== *[[List of aerospace museums]]
== References == === Notes === {{Reflist}}
=== Bibliography === {{Refbegin}} * Ellis, Ken. ''Wrecks and Relics - 19th Edition'', Midland Publishing, Hinckley, Leicestershire. 2004. {{ISBN|1 85780 183 0}} {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/ Tangmere Military Aviation Museum]
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[[Category:Military aviation museums in England]] [[Category:Museums in West Sussex]]