Solent Sky

Solent Sky

Location	Southampton, Hampshire
Coordinates	50°53′52″N 1°23′32″W / 50.897881°N 1.392246°W / 50.897881; -1.392246
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:

Supermarine S.6A, N248 on display.

Avro 504J - Replica
Britten-Norman BN-1
de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW Mk.1 - XJ476
de Havilland Tiger Moth
de Havilland Vampire
Folland Gnat
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 - Cockpit section. Modified to resemble Harrier FRS.1
Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel
Saro Skeeter (x 2)
Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 - TG263
Short Sandringham S.25/V - VH-BRC, Beachcomber
Slingsby Grasshopper
Slingsby Tandem Tutor
SUMPAC
Supermarine S.6A - N248, competed in the 1929 Schneider Trophy
Supermarine Seagull - Nose section only
Supermarine Spitfire F.24 - PK683
Supermarine Swift - Cockpit section
Wight Quadruplane - Replica

Engines on display

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]

References

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

External links

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Buildings and structures in Southampton, England

Grade I listed	Bargate Canute's Palace The Cenotaph King John's Palace Medieval Merchant's House St. Julien's Church St. Mary's Church, South Stoneham St. Michael's Church Town Walls Tudor House Museum The Wool House

Grade II* listed	Civic Centre (SeaCity Museum, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Guildhall) Dolphin Hotel Holyrood Church Jesus Chapel The Old Farm House Red Lion Inn Redbridge Bridge South Stoneham House Southampton Castle Terminus House

Grade II listed	286 (Swaythling Methodist Church) Avenue St. Andrew's Church Bowling Green House Central Baptist Church Christ Church, Freemantle Conduit House God's House Tower Highfield Church King George V Graving Dock Mans Bridge Mayflower Theatre Old Cemetery Ordnance Survey buildings Peartree House Royal South Hants Hospital St Alban's Church St Denys Priory St Denys railway station St Edmund Church St Joseph Church St James' Church, Shirley St Mary's Church St Michael and All Angels Church Swaythling railway station Titanic Engineers' Memorial Townhill Park House Woolston railway station Wyndham Court

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Category Listed buildings

British aviation museums

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Isle of Man	Manx Aviation and Military Museum

Northern Ireland	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland	Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre National Museum of Flight

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