Wings Aviation Museum

26/08/2026

Tim and Dave spent a few hours fitting the Main Wheels to the Hawker Hunter at the Dunsfold Site where Wings Aviation Museum will move to some day in the future.
It is now off the pallets and back on it`s wheels.
Next up is to clean and paint it in the Danish paint scheme.

25/08/2026

We are still looking for an aperture card scanner to borrow/hire, unfortunately commercial companies that offer scanning services are very expensive.

If you can help please let us know

11/07/2026

Wings Museum is supporting Surrey Hills Military History Festival National Trust by loaning some historically important artefacts relating to the crash on Reigate Hill on 19th March 1945.

Tomorrow (Sunday 12th July) is the last day of the History Festival which is being held at Reigate Hill Fort.

Meet costumed interpreters, see historic vehicles, explore inside the historic fort buildings, and learn how Reigate Fort played an important role in protecting London and the South East.

There will also be a series of talks from expert speakers covering a wide range of topics over the weekend:

More information please see the link below.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/surrey/reigate-hill-and-gatton-park/events/324ef35d-c993-45b0-b21e-4878224224a9?fbclid=IwY2xjawS_bjNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEen0__bZY5M0nUK0T5TI_IH2YAPtNM2hkW0tlMU-V-zyYo173nSK8MQF12lYM_aem_CgNBnomJV7h9gisrvNDlMA

Explore the fascinating history of Reigate fort, built in 1898 as part of a chain of defensive forts, at this two-day family event.

05/07/2026

It's always a pleasure to get Wings Aviation Museum out and about for some public engagement, especially when the sun is shining and crowds come flocking! Capel Military Show did not disappoint and was another fantastic show this year.

We spoke to hundreds of visitors and we look forward to seeing some of them visit the museum in the near future.

Thank you too all our volunteers who worked tirelessly promoting the museum and helping visitors sit in our latest acqusition our lovely Harrier GR3 cockpit.

Here's some photos of the weekend.

30/06/2026

Today a small team of Volunteers went to Wings Dunsfold Site to start working on the Hunter. The Nose wheel assy has been replaced. The Tailcone fitted back on along with the Bullet Fairing. Work has also started on removing the Main Wheels which are seized on. We will return soon to change these and lower the aircraft to the ground.

30/06/2026

One of our exhibits in support of the amazing Capel Military Show this weekend!!! Come and say hello.

27/06/2026

Wings Aviation Museum is out and about on the road promoting our wonderful museum. Today we are pleased to support the Worthing Arned Forces day in tribiute to all our past, present and future armed forces.

Also a fabulous opportunity to show off our new acqisition for Wings Museum, our stunning GR3 Harrier cockpit XV786, which has proved to be very popular with visitors to the show. A flypast by a Hawker Hurricane made this a most enjoyable day. It's not too late to come and say hi, the show is open until 4.30pm today.

24/06/2026

We have some incredibly exciting news dropping very soon about a new addition to our collection!

Before it goes behind the scenes to be restored at the museum, we're bringing it out for a special public appearance. Join us at Worthing Armed Forces Day this Saturday to see it with your own eyes before the hard work begins.

What do you think it could be? Drop your guesses below!

12/06/2026

Hear Terry HillIard tell of his experiences in his own words at the Wings Aviation Museum in West Sussex - First-of-its-kind New permanent exhibition on Britains nuclear tests title "INTO THE ATOM".

He spent seven minutes collecting samples in the turbulent cloud of Britain’s hydrogen bomb before returning to base for an ice-cold shower

12/06/2026

I had the great pleasure to meet 88 year old Adrian Michael Eric Adams today at his home in Sussex. Adrian is a veteran of Britain's nuclear tests and witnessed first hand 6 nuclear bomb detonations including Grapple X and Grapple Y on Christmas Island. Adrian was part of Operation Grapple headquarters and had some of the highest security clearence. He served with Naval Party 2512, later HMS Resolution. Adrian told me what it was like to witness an atomic bomb. He said "we were told to close our eyes and cover them with our hands and sit with our backs to the explosion in a crouching position with our knees brought up in front of our hands. I could feel the heat on my back and there was a count down from 0 to 20 seconds, after this count down we could turn around and look at the mushroom cloud forming. I had no special protective clothing and as the blast wave reached us several of us were bowled over by the blast.

We are very grateful to Adrian to include original items of his memorabilia for our first-of-its-kind NEW permanent exhibition titled "INTO THE ATOM" at the Wings Museum in Sussex. This display pays tribute the 20,000 strong force that played a major part in creating Britain's Nuclear deterrant. Many vetrans and their children and grandchildren are living with the consequences of these tests. Its time the MoD recognised this and give them the compensation that is long over due.