Solent Sky

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Solent Sky
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Location Southampton, Hampshire
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Type Aviation museum
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.

Exhibits

Aircraft on display

Aircraft on display at the museum include:

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Supermarine S.6A, N248 on display.

Engines on display

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Alvis Leonides Major on display.

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

References

  1. ↑ R. J. Mitchell Memorial Museum Limited, Registered Charity no. 262995 at the Charity Commission

External links

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