National Museum of Flight

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The entrance to the Museum of Flight
The entrance to the Museum of Flight
RAF-era buildings at the museum airfield
RAF-era buildings at the museum airfield

The National Museum of Flight is an aerospace museum at East Fortune Airfield (formerly RAF East Fortune), just south of the village of East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland. It was founded in 1975 and is now one of the National Museums of Scotland.

Aircraft at the museum include an Avro Vulcan V-bomber (serial XM597) used in the Falklands War and a former Dan-Air De Havilland Comet 4c airliner (registration G-BDIX). Following the removal of Concorde from service, British Airways donated "Alpha Alpha", one of their Concorde fleet, registration G-BOAA. This now forms the centrepiece of the "Concorde Experience" exhibition which opened on 16 March 2005.

The Museum has an example of the Blue Streak IRBM, which was used as the basis for the first European space launcher. There is also an extensive collection of early radar equipment.

The buildings on the airfield are also exhibits in their own right, many dating back to the time of Royal Air Force usage.

There is an annual air show held at the airfield. Aircraft flying on the day typically include, for example, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and The Red Arrows.

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