Types you’ll see alongside
Harrier family, Blackburn Buccaneer, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Dove family, de Havilland Sea Vixen.
Aircraft hub · 1965 · Cold War
The Land Rover of the air, still built on the Isle of Wight; the Trislander put a third engine on the tail, why not. The gazetteer currently lists it at 5 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
The gazetteer records 5 Britten-Norman Islander & Trislander airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 5 UK collections, in 3 regions: East of England, South East England, Scotland.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Flying MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Stockbridge | South East England | Britten-Norman Islander AL.1 ZG993 |
| Gatwick Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Gatwick | South East England | Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander |
| IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 | Cambridge | East of England | Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk III Trislander G-BEVT |
| National Museum Of FlightChecked 2026-10-08 | North Berwick | Scotland | Britten-Norman Islander G-BELF |
| Solent SkyChecked 2026-10-08 | Southampton | South East England | Britten-Norman BN-1F G-ALZE |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-BELF, a Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander, construction number 823, built at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight and registered in January 1977, flown in West Germany as D-IBRA from 1977 to 1987, then by Atlantic Air Transport at Coventry, parachuting operators and Cormack (Aircraft Services) at Cumbernauld, re-registered G-HEBZ in 2007 and given by George Cormack to the National Museum of Flight: overall lime yellow with black ‘SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE’ titles along both sides below the cabin windows, the Scottish Ambulance Service crest aft of the titles, black ‘G-BELF’ on the rear fuselage, two thin black stripes along the lower rear fuselage, a saltire on the fin, yellow spinners and grey two-blade propellers with white tips, the air-ambulance colours it wears as displayed at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, standing for the Islanders that flew the Scottish air ambulance although this airframe never did. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.1 MB) · Plate 190 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
Harrier family, Blackburn Buccaneer, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Dove family, de Havilland Sea Vixen.
South East England has 3 collections recording the type.
Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk III Trislander; Britten-Norman Islander AL.1.
Type notes
| Type | Britten-Norman Islander & Trislander |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 5 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 5 |
Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.
Aircraft questions
The Aviation Gazetteer records 5 Britten-Norman Islander & Trislander airframes in UK collections.
Army Flying Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.