Solent Sky







Aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire



























Solent Sky
Solent Sky general view.JPG


Solent Sky is located in Southampton
Solent Sky


Location within Southampton

Location
Southampton, Hampshire
Coordinates
50°53′52″N 1°23′32″W / 50.897881°N 1.392246°W / 50.897881; -1.392246Coordinates: 50°53′52″N 1°23′32″W / 50.897881°N 1.392246°W / 50.897881; -1.392246
Type Aviation museum
Visitors 1000 a year
Website http://www.spitfireonline.co.uk

Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, previously known as Southampton Hall of Aviation.


It depicts the history of aviation in Southampton, the Solent area and Hampshire. There is special focus on the Supermarine aircraft company, based in Southampton, and its most famous products, the Supermarine S.6 seaplane and the Supermarine Spitfire, designed by R. J. Mitchell.


There is also coverage of the Schneider Trophy seaplane races, twice held at Calshot Spit, and the flying boat services which operated from the Solent.




Contents






  • 1 Exhibits


    • 1.1 Aircraft on display


    • 1.2 Engines on display




  • 2 Charity


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Exhibits



Aircraft on display


Aircraft on display at the museum include:





Supermarine S.6A, N248 on display.




  • Avro 504J - Replica

  • Britten-Norman BN-1


  • de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW Mk.1 - XJ476

  • de Havilland Tiger Moth

  • de Havilland Vampire

  • Folland Gnat


  • Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 - Cockpit section. Modified to resemble Harrier FRS.1


  • Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel


  • Saro Skeeter (x 2)


  • Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 - TG263


  • Short Sandringham S.25/V - VH-BRC, Beachcomber

  • Slingsby Grasshopper

  • Slingsby Tandem Tutor

  • SUMPAC


  • Supermarine S.6A - N248, competed in the 1929 Schneider Trophy


  • Supermarine Seagull - Nose section only


  • Supermarine Spitfire F.24 - PK683


  • Supermarine Swift - Cockpit section


  • Wight Quadruplane - Replica



Engines on display





Alvis Leonides Major on display.



  • Alvis Leonides

  • Alvis Leonides Major

  • Bristol Siddeley Orpheus

  • Bristol Proteus

  • de Havilland Gipsy Major

  • Gnome Monosoupape

  • Metrovick Beryl

  • Napier Gazelle

  • Napier Lion

  • Napier Naiad

  • Napier Sabre

  • Napier Scorpion

  • Rolls-Royce/Continental 0-300

  • Rolls-Royce Derwent

  • Rolls-Royce Merlin



Charity


The work of Solent Sky is supported by a registered charity, the R. J. Mitchell Memorial Museum Limited, whose objects are "to advance the education of the public in matters relating to aviation by establishing and maintaining a museum as a permanent memorial to R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Schneider Trophy S6B seaplane and the Spitfire."[1]



See also


  • List of aerospace museums


References





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External links







  • Official website

  • R. J. Mitchell website

  • Profile at Aviation Museums of the World

  • Museum guide at Aeroflight










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