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Brooklands Museum is a motoring and aviation museum occupying part of the former Brooklands Motor Course in Weybridge, Surrey, England.. Formally opened in 1991, the museum is operated by the independent Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, a private limited company (No.02109945) and a registered UK charity (No.296661); its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the heritage of the Brooklands site.
Brooklands was a 2.767-mile (4.453 km) motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit [n 1] as well as one of Britain's first airfields, which also became Britain's largest aircraft manufacturing centre by 1918, producing military aircraft such as the Wellington ...
After the initial renovation, the museum opened in 1991 displaying artifacts from both motoring and aviation related to the Brooklands site. In 2007 a move was made to amalgamate the support groups for the museum which resulted in two of them, the Friends of Brooklands Museum and the Brooklands Club joining to form the Brooklands Trust Members ...
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Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey; City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich International Airport, Norfolk; Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay, Cornwall – closed [20] Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum, North Rauceby, Lincolnshire [21] Croydon Airport Visitor Centre, Croydon, Greater London
Bournemouth Aviation Museum; Brooklands Museum; C. City of Norwich Aviation Museum; Classic Air Force; Cold War Jets Collection; D. De Havilland Aircraft Museum; E.
Wellington IA serial number N2980 is owned by Brooklands Museum at Brooklands, Surrey. Built at Brooklands and first flown in November 1939, this aircraft took part in the RAF's daylight bombing raids on Germany early in the Second World War but later lost power during a training flight on 31 December 1940 and ditched in Loch Ness. All the ...
Aircraft Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. XD818 1956 September 4th, 1956 January 1965 Royal Air Force: RAF Museum Cosford, RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England: On static display [1] [2] [3] XD816 1956 1956 1968 Royal Air Force: Brooklands Museum Weybridge, Surrey, England: On static display Cockpit ...