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

↑ Charity Commission. R. J. Mitchell Memorial Museum Limited, registered charity no. 262995.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solent Sky museum.

Buildings and structures in Southampton

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 and Garden 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

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Other	Carnival House Centenary Quay Cobden Bridge Ford Southampton plant The Hobbit Itchen Bridge Joiners Arms Marlands Shopping Centre National Oceanography Centre Northam Bridge Ocean Village Solent Sky aviation museum South Stoneham Cemetery Southampton Central railway station Southampton General Hospital St Mary's Stadium Titanic Musicians' Memorial WestQuay

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Category Listed buildings

British aviation museums

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South	Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Bournemouth Aviation Museum Brooklands Museum Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Jet Age Museum Museum of Army Flying Solent Sky Tangmere Military Aviation Museum The Helicopter Museum

West	Flambards Experience Fleet Air Arm Museum

Central	East Midlands Aeropark Midland Air Museum Newark Air Museum Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Sywell Aviation Museum Wellesbourne Wartime Museum

Isle of Man

Manx Aviation and Military Museum

Northern Ireland

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland

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