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Short Tucano T1 Training Aircraft Acquired by Newark Air Museum
Museum expands its military trainer collection with model seen in local skies before retirement. […]
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Newark Air Museum’s Chinook Restoration
Newark Air Museum is continuing its restoration efforts on a RAF Chinook by fabricating the missing and damaged parts needed to complete the restoration process. […]
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Prone Meteor Finds New Home at Newark Air Museum
PRESS RELEASE Throughout 2023 and 2024 the trustees of the Newark Air Museum (NAM) have been in discussions with the Royal Air Force Museum (RAFM), regarding the loan of the Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod) WK935, […]
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Hunter and Harvard Restoration Progress at Newark Air Museum
By Zac Yates Two trainer projects are progressing well at the Newark Air Museum (NAM) in Nottinghamshire: the repainting of a former RAF aerobatic team Hawker Hunter and the restoration of a Royal Canadian Air […]
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Gyrocopters Saved at Newark Air Museum
A Campbell-Bensen B.8M gyrocopter which has been on loan at the Newark Air Museum (NAM) for more than 15 years was recently bequeathed to the museum in the will of UK gyrocopter collector, the late […]
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Newark Air Museum Gifted Objects by RAF Museum
PRESS RELEASE The ownership title of several objects that had been on long-term loan to the Newark Air Museum (NAM) from the Royal Air Force Museum (RAFM) were formally transferred to the NAM following a […]
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Newark Air Museum Chinook Restoration Update
PRESS RELEASE Following the arrival of Boeing Chinook HC.1 ZA717 from RAF Cranwell back in February 2018 Newark Air Museum (NAM) became the first Accredited Independent museum in the UK to acquire and display a […]
![Avro Vulcan XM594 continues to receive attention for structural repairs and ongoing maintenance. [Photo by Howard Heeley, Down To Earth Promotions]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/02.03.24-DTEP_Vulcan-XM594_7430-326x245.jpg "Restoration Outlook for 2024 at Newark Air Museum 8")
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Restoration Outlook for 2024 at Newark Air Museum
PRESS RELEASE During 2023 volunteers at Newark Air Museum (NAM) logged in excess of 18,300 hours of working on a host of projects around the museum’s 16-acre site in north eastern Nottinghamshire in the UK. […]
![The Newark Air Museum's Auster AOP.9 project now has its Blackburn Cirrus engine in place. [Photo by Howard Heeley - Down To Earth Promotions]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Auster-AOP.9-Newar-Air-Museum-20240125-Howard-Heeley-DTEP-326x245.jpg "Newark Air Museum Auster Restoration Update 9")
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Newark Air Museum Auster Restoration Update
By Zac Yates On July 10th, 1999 an anonymous Auster AOP.9 arrived at the Newark Air Museum (NAM) in Nottinghamshire, UK. Nearly 25 years later, on January 25th, 2024, a major milestone was passed in […]
![Recent work on the Harvard has focused on refitting the restored engine cowlings after museum volunteers backdated work done by a previous owner. [Photo by Howard Heeley, Down To Earth Promotions]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/42-12417-Newark-Air-Museum-20240701-HH-DTEP-01-326x245.jpg "Harvard Restoration at Newark Air Museum Forging Ahead 10")
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Harvard Restoration at Newark Air Museum Forging Ahead
By Zac Yates The restoration of a Canadian-built North American Harvard at Newark Air Museum (NAM) near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, has recently focused on preparing to refit the restored nose cowlings to the fuselage. […]