About this museum
Europe's largest naval aviation collection, parked on the edge of RNAS Yeovilton so the Wildcats and Merlins of the actual Fleet Air Arm provide the soundtrack. The party piece is the Aircraft Carrier Experience: a helicopter 'flight' onto a recreated HMS Ark Royal flight deck, complete with holographic officer of the watch who springs to life as you approach — a trick reviewers consistently rate as the best set-piece in any UK museum.
Concorde 002 (G-BSST), the first British-assembled Concorde, which made her maiden flight from Filton in 1969 and now headlines a hall of supersonic research types. Also: a Corsair still wearing its unrestored 1944 paint, and a Falklands Sea Harrier.
- Concorde 002 G-BSST, first British-built
- Corsair KD431 in untouched 1944 paint
- Falklands-veteran Sea Harrier
- Fairey Swordfish
- Yokosuka Ohka kamikaze aircraft
Timed tickets bought online; the £22-ish entry draws grumbles that evaporate by the exit. Watch the live airfield from the car park — Yeovilton is one of the Navy's busiest stations.
“Best day out I’ve had in a long time.”— David, visitor report
Airframe checklist
Tick them off as you go. Identities are as held in the gazetteer survey — verify against the museum’s own labels if something has moved.
| Type | Identity | |
|---|---|---|
| BAC 221 | WG774 | |
| BAC Concorde | G-BSST | |
| BAE Harrier GR.9A | ZD433 | |
| BAE Sea Harrier FRS.1 | XZ493 | |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 | XN957 | |
| Bristol Scout D | N5419 | |
| British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA.2 | XZ499 | |
| de Havilland Sea Vampire I | LZ551/G | |
| de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 | XA127 | |
| de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 | XS590 | |
| Fairey Fulmar | N1854 | |
| Fairey Swordfish II | HS618 wears P4139 | |
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 | — | |
| Grumman Avenger ECM.6B | XB446 | |
| Grumman Hellcat | KE209 | |
| Grumman Martlet I | AL246 | |
| Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 | WJ231 | |
| Hawker Siddeley P.1127 | XP980 | |
| McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 | XT596 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | — | |
| North American Harvard III | EX976 | |
| Short 184 | 8359 | |
| Short S.27 | — | |
| Sopwith Baby | N2078 | |
| Sopwith Pup | N6452 | |
| Supermarine Attacker F.1 | WA473 | |
| Supermarine Seafire F.17 | SX137 | |
| Supermarine Walrus | L2301 | |
| Vought Corsair | KD431 | |
| Westland Dragonfly HR.5 | VX595 | |
| Westland Dragonfly HR.5 | WN493 | |
| Westland Lynx HAS.3 (GMS) | XZ720 | |
| Westland Sea King HAS.6 | XV663 | |
| Westland Sea King HC.4 | ZA298 | |
| Westland Wessex HAS.3 | XP142 | |
| Westland Wessex HU.5 | XT765 | |
| Westland Wessex HU.5 | XT482 | |
| Westland Wessex HU.5 | XT769 | |
| Westland Wyvern TF.1 | VR137 | |
| Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka II | BAPC 58 |
Location & contact
- Address
- RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Yeovil BA22 8HT
- Phone
- 01935 840565
- Website
- www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/fleet-air-arm-museum
- Hours
- Wed–Sun 10am–4.30pm
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- SW-02 on the situation map