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Aviation museum in Tangmere, West Sussex

Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Location within West Sussex Established 1982 (1982) Location Tangmere, West Sussex Coordinates 50°50′48″N 0°42′53″W / 50.8467°N 0.7147°W / 50.8467; -0.7147 Type Aviation museum Website www.tangmere-museum.org.uk

The **Tangmere Military Aviation Museum** is a [museum](/source/Aviation_museum) located on the former site of [RAF Tangmere](/source/RAF_Tangmere), [West Sussex](/source/West_Sussex). The museum was opened in June 1982.[1] Many aerospace exhibits covering the First World War to the Cold War are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and [aircraft engines](/source/Aircraft_engine).

## 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](/source/Royal_Air_Force_Museum) including the [Hawker Hunter](/source/Hawker_Hunter) used by [Neville Duke](/source/Neville_Duke) to break the [airspeed record](/source/Airspeed_record) in 1953.[2][3]

### Piston engine aircraft

- [Hawker Hurricane](/source/Hawker_Hurricane) – replica[4]

- [Supermarine Spitfire](/source/Supermarine_Spitfire) *K5054* – replica[5]

- [Westland Lysander](/source/Westland_Lysander) – replica[6]

### Jet aircraft

[de Havilland Sea Vixen](/source/De_Havilland_Sea_Vixen)

- [de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2](/source/De_Havilland_Sea_Vixen) *XJ580*[7]

- [de Havilland Vampire T.11](/source/De_Havilland_Vampire_T.11) *XH313*[8]

- [English Electric Lightning F.53](/source/English_Electric_Lightning_F.53) *ZF578*[9]

- [Gloster Meteor F.4](/source/Gloster_Meteor) *EE549*[10]

- [Gloster Meteor F.8](/source/Gloster_Meteor) *WA829/WA984*[11]

- [Hawker Hunter F.3](/source/Hawker_Hunter) *WB188*[12]

- [Hawker Hunter F.5](/source/Hawker_Hunter) *WP190*[13]

- [Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3](/source/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier) *XV744*[14]

- [McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_non-U.S._operators) *XV408*[15]

- [Supermarine Swift FR.5](/source/Supermarine_Swift) *WK281*[16]

### Aircraft cockpits

- [de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10](/source/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-1_Chipmunk) *WZ876*[17]

- [English Electric Canberra B.2](/source/English_Electric_Canberra_B.2) *WE113*[18]

- [Hawker Hunter F.4](/source/Hawker_Hunter_F.4) *WV332*[19]

- [Percival Provost T.1](/source/Percival_Provost_T.1) *XF840*[20]

- [Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A](/source/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5A) – replica[21]

- [Supermarine Spitfire IX](/source/Supermarine_Spitfire) – under construction[22]

### Helicopters

- [Westland Wessex HU.5](/source/Westland_Wessex_HU.5) *XS511*[23]

## Simulators

- Air Combat Simulator[24]

- [English Electric Lightning](/source/English_Electric_Lightning)[25]

- Red Simulators[26]

## Aircraft engines

[Rolls-Royce Derwent](/source/Rolls-Royce_Derwent) on display

### Piston engines

- [Rolls-Royce Griffon](/source/Rolls-Royce_Griffon)

### Gas turbine engines

- [Rolls-Royce Derwent](/source/Rolls-Royce_Derwent)

- [Rolls-Royce Nene](/source/Rolls-Royce_Nene)

- [Rolls-Royce Palouste](/source/Turbomeca_Palouste)

## See also

- [List of aerospace museums](/source/List_of_aerospace_museums)

## References

### Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["About Tangmere"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200922152008/https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/about-tangmere). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Archived from [the original](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/about-tangmere) on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ellis 2004, pp. 215-216.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Merston Hall"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/what-to-see/merston-hall). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hawker Hurricane Mk 1"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hurricane-mk-1). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Prototype Spitfire"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/prototype-spitfire). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Westland Lysander Mk III (SD)"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/westland-lysander-mk-iii-scw). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW2"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/de-havilland-sea-vixen-faw2). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["De Havilland Vampire T11"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/de-havilland-vampire-t11). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["English Electric Lightning F53"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/english-electric-lightning-f53). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Gloster Meteor F4"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/gloster-meteor-f4). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Gloster Meteor F8"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/gloster-meteor-f8). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Hawker Hunter Mk3"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hunter-mk3). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Hawker Hunter Mk 5"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hunter-mk-5). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Hawker-Siddeley Harrier GR3"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150222020838/http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-siddeley-harrier-gr3). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Archived from [the original](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-siddeley-harrier-gr3) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["McDonnell Douglas Phantom"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/mcdonnell-douglas-phantom). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Supermarine Swift FR5 | WK281"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/supermarine-swift-fr5-wk281-2). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["De Havilland Chipmunk Cockpit"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/de-havilland-chipmunk-cockpit). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Canberra B2 Cockpit"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/canberra-b2-cockpit). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Hawker Hunter F4 Cockpit"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/hawker-hunter-f4-cockpit). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Percival Provost Cockpit"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/percival-provost-cockpit). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["SE5a Cockpit Replica"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/se5a-cockpit-replica). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["Museum's Spitfire Replica Cockpit"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/news/museums-spitfire-replica-cockpit). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Westland Wessex Helicopter"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/westland-wessex-helicopter). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["Combat Simulator"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/flight-simulators/combat-simulator). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["Lightning Simulator"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/flight-simulators/lightning-simulator). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["Red Flight Simulators"](http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/flight-simulators/red-flight-simulators). *Tangmere Military Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

### Bibliography

- Ellis, Ken. *Wrecks and Relics - 19th Edition*, Midland Publishing, Hinckley, Leicestershire. 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1 85780 183 0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1_85780_183_0)

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