Newark Air Museum, UK, September 2014

Aircraft	Reg'n	Thumbs	Notes
Aviasud Sirocco	G-MNRT		Foldable-wing French microlight first flown in 1982.
Avro Anson C19	VL348 G-AVVO		With the wings of G-ALIH
Avro Ashton Mk2 fuselage	WB491		All that remains of the six Avro 607 Ashton flying laboratories. Developed from the first British pressurised transport, the Tudor. This was mainly used as an engine testbed. Ex G-AJJW.
Avro Shackleton MR3-3	WR977		B Phase 3 Shacks had a Rolls Royce Viper turbojet in each outboard engine nacelle to assist takeoff.
Avro Vulcan B2	XM594
BAC TSR2 cockpit			Built on production rigs, but never part of an actual aircraft and used for testing. On loan from Brooklands Museum
Bensen B8 gyrocopter	G-ASNY
Blackburn Beverley C1 cockpit	XB261		Includes the navigation station behind the cockpit
Blackburn Buccaneer S1	XN964		118 One of only four S1s remaining
Bristol Sycamore III	WT933 G-ALSW		A&AEE trials aircraft
British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA.2	ZA176 R		Famous for landing on a container on a Spanish freighter in 1983 after a communications problem
Cessna 310	G-APNJ		Ex N36350 and EI-AJY
Clutton FRED Series 2	G-BJAD		Eric Clutton's Flying Runabout Experimental Design. Can be towed behind a car at up to 70mph
Dassault Mystere IVA	83		8-MS French Air Force
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T10	WB624
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth	G-MAZY BAPC.021		False registration: May be a composite of G-AMBB/T9601 and DE156.
de Havilland DH.104 Dove	G-AHRI		The oldest surviving Dove. Ex 4X-ARI
de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.2	XJ560		243 H
de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.21	WW217		351
de Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3	WX905
de Havilland DH.114 Heron 1B	G-ANXB		Scottish Airways markings. Whole flying career (1955-73) was with BEA in Glasgow on islands flights, often as an air ambulance.
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11	XD593
Douglas C-47A Dakota Mk3 (DC-3)	ZA947		The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Dak made an unannounced low pass during my visit.
Eipper Quicksilver MX	G-MJDW		Bob Eipper's classic ultralight kit developed from the 1972 Lovejoy Quick, the MX first flew in 1981.
English Electric Canberra B.2 (Mod)	WV787		Spent its career as a testbed with Armstrong Whitworth, A&AEE Boscombe Down and Ferranti.
English Electric Canberra PR.7	WH791		Spent a lot of time in the far east and 26 years as gate guard at RAF Cottesmore. Incorrrectly marked as WH792. Not owned by the museum, scrapped in 2025.
English Electric Canberra T.19	WH904		As a B.2, took part in Suez crisis operations. Later modified to T.11 and T.19.
English Electric Lightning T.5	XS417		DZ
Fairey Gannet AEW.3	XP226
Folland Gnat T.1	XR534		65
General Aircraft Monospar ST-12	VH-UTH		Operated with airlines in Australia from 1936 to 1961. Britain's only Monospar, and the world's only remaining ST-12 of 10 built, being restored. Monospar wings are light, strong, internally wire-braced affairs. Note: restoration was completed by October 2021.
Gloster Javelin FAW.8	XH992		P
Gloster Meteor FR.9 (Mod)	VZ608		Rolls-Royce engine test aircraft. The extended nacelles were for Derwent afterburner tests. Later, for the Short SC.1 VTOL program, a vertically-mounted RB108 lift engine was fitted behind the cockpit, with a retractable intake scoop above, and an exhaust hole below. In-flight engine runs were successful.
Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.12	WS692		C
Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF(T).14	WS739		Converted in 1958 from a night fighter to a navigation trainer.
Gloster Meteor T.7	VZ634		Conversion trainer
Handley Page Hastings T.5	TG517		As a C.1, took part in the Berlin Airlift. Ventral dome houses radar bomb-sight equipment fitted when converted to a T.5. The four fish represent Icelandic Cod War patrols.
Handley Page (Scottish Aviation) Jetstream T.1	XX492
Handley Page Victor K.2 cockpit			A Redifon simulator/procedures trainer diverted from the Victor production line.
Hawker Hunter F.1	WT651		C
Hawker Hunter T.7	XL618		Arrived in June from Caernarfon Air World. In 2016 moved to Gutersloh, Germany for restoration.
Hawker (Armstrong Whitworth) Sea Hawk FB.3	WM913		456
Hunting Jet Provost T.3A	XM383		90
Lee Richards Annular Biplane replica	BAPC.020		Non-flying replica built for Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Based on the Kitchen circular biplane produced in Heysham, Lancashire in 1910 and successfully refined by Lee and Richards.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star	51-9036		USAF livery, ex French Air Force, retired in 1978
Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike	G-BKPG		No relation to the US company, this was designed by Pat Luscombe and first flew at Lympne Airport, Kent in 1983. No production ensued. Developed from the Vitality 2-seater G-MMIC which I don't think flew.
Maxair Hummer	G-MJCF		US design first flown in 1978.
MBA Tiger Cub 440	G-MBUE		UK company Micro Biplane Aviation's folding wing microlight designed in the early '80s. This is the prototype.
Mignet HM14 Flying Flea	BAPC.043		First flew in 1938
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger	Red 458		Ex Russian Air Force, but in Polish markings.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27K Flogger	Red 71		Russian Air Force
Morane-Saulnier MS880B Rallye	G-BFTZ		Ex F-BPAX
North American F-100D Super Sabre	54-2223		Ex French Air Force
Percival Prentice T.1	VR249		FA-EL After RAF service, became G-APIY.
Percival Provost T.1	WV606		PB F
Saab 91B-2 Safir	56321		Norwegian Air Force 321. Has probably never worn its UK registration of G-BKPY.
Saab RF-35 Draken	AR-107		Danish Air Force
Saab AJSH-37 Viggen	373918		57-21 Swedish Air Force
Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP.12	XL764
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1	XX634
Sepecat Jaguar T.2A	XX829		GZ
Sud-Aviation SA341 Gazelle	F-ZWRI XW276		Westland development aircraft, it's never seen military service, but has been displayed at several British museums before coming to Newark.
Supermarine Swift FR.5	WK277		N Converted from an F.4 to an FR.5
Taylor JT-1 Monoplane	G-APRT		John Taylor's prototype of the first English post-war homebuilt design - over 100 built, with 28 currently on the UK register.
Vickers Varsity T.1	WF369		F The ventral pannier was for the bomb-aimer's position and practice bombs.
Volmer VJ-24W SunFun	G-MBBZ
Ward Gnome	BAPC.330		Uncompleted (yet) example of the UK's smallest piloted aeroplane. Only one other example has flown – it's now at Breighton Airfield.
Westland Sioux AH.1 (Bell 47)	XT200		F
Westland Wessex HC.2	XV728		A
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7	XM685		PO-513 After retirement from the Royal Navy, was registered to Autair in 1971 as G-AYZJ.
Zurowski ZP1	BAPC.183		Homebuilt original design helicopter only ever did ground runs.