NEWARK AIR MUSEUM - News Release
Newark Air Museum Event – Cockpit-Fest 2009
13 & 14 June 2009
In just over ten days time the Newark Air Museum will be hosting its 10th Cockpit-Fest event on its site on the Winthorpe Showground just north-east of Newark-on-Trent. This two day event that takes place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June, looks set to break all records with 21 visiting cockpits having already booked in to display alongside the museum's own collection of 70 airframes.
One of the unlikely stars looks set to be its own Harvard cockpit section from airframe KF532. This original framework has not been on formal display at the museum for many years and it will now be available for public inspection. This came about in response to various requests made during and after the 2008 Cockpit-Fest event, the staff and volunteers moved the cockpit section out of storage and onto temporary display in Hangar 1 at the end of May.
Regular updates of the participation list continue to be added to the news page of the museum website www.newarkairmuseum.org and nearly half of the visiting cockpits are new to the event! These range from: a Spitfire Mk.V through to a Buccaneer S2.B naval strike fighter; and also includes a Canberra bomber and 3 lightning jet fighters.
A diverse range of visiting exhibits include: a Boeing 737 Simulator Display; Tri-Star Lo11 Simulator Display; Instrument panels / interiors displays; Owls from the Raptor Foundation; Lancaster W4270 display (Sat only); Shackleton Association; Newark Millgate Museum, - A display of WWII Objects; Lincolnshire Aviation Society (Sat Only); Photo Display 1803 Squadron ATC; display panels from the Lincolnshire Integrated Aviation Heritage Partnership; Photo Display of Wartime RAF Binbrook; RAF Supply Drops in WWII Burma; Crusader 80 – British Army of the Rhine, Military Vehicle Display
The museum's Cockpit Opening Team aims to have many aircraft cockpits open – a small additional fee will be charged for access to some of the aircraft;
On both days an Aeroboot aviation and avionics sale will run alongside Cockpit-Fest and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be providing a Dakota flypast on Saturday 13th and a Lancaster flypast on Sunday 14th.
Admission costs: Adults £6.25, Over 60s £5.75, Children £4.00 and Family ticket [2 adults & 3 children] £18.50. Appointments are preferred for Group [15 plus people] visits, although not essential and a party rate booking information pack is available on application.
Open: Both days 0900 – 1700 hours – some cockpits start to leave by 2pm on the Sunday so we urge people to visit early so as not to miss out.
Newark Air Museum Ltd., Winthorpe Showground, Newark, Notts, NG24 2NY
Email: newarkair@onetel.com
Website: www.newarkairmuseum.org
