AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1950

Aircraft hub · 1950 · Early jet age

Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer

Prestwick’s bush aircraft — jungle strips, mountain ledges, no fuss. The gazetteer currently lists it at 3 UK museums.

1950
First flight
~146
Built
165 mph
Top speed
3
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer in the UK

The gazetteer records 3 Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 3 regions: London & Around, Wales, Scotland.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
National Museum Of FlightChecked 2026-10-08 North Berwick Scotland Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Series 3 G-BBVF
Royal Air Force Museum LondonChecked 2026-10-08 London London & Around Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 XL993
South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Barry Wales Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 fuselage G-AZHJ

3D model

The Twin Pioneer CC.2 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as XL993, the RAF Museum’s Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 (c/n 528), built at Prestwick in 1958 as a CC.1 and converted to CC.2 at Khormaksar in 1961, flown by Nos. 78 and 21 Squadrons in Aden and Bahrain until 1966 and presented to the RAF Museum in 1968, shown at Cosford for four decades and now at Hendon, with its two 640 hp Alvis Leonides 531 radials, painted in the desert transport scheme it carries today: sand upper surfaces and sides over black undersides, black wing struts and undercarriage legs, a black anti-glare strip below the windscreen, Type D roundels on the rear fuselage and under the wingtips, a white ‘XL993’ aft of the fuselage roundels and under the wings, red, white and blue fin flashes on the outer faces of the outer fins, the yellow emergency-rescue cut-out on the starboard nose, and bare-metal propellers with yellow tips. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.6 MB) · Plate 165 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Canberra, Gloster Meteor, Harrier family, McDonnell Douglas Phantom.

Where the type is thickest

London & Around has 1 collection recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2; Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 fuselage.

Type notes

The Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer in brief

TypeScottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer
UK museums holding one3
Airframes recorded in this survey3

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

Frequently asked

How many Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Scottish Aviation Pioneer & Twin Pioneer airframes?

National Museum Of Flight has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.