National Museum of Flight, Scotland

The National Museum of Flight is Scotland's national aviation museum and is one of the museums within National Museums Scotland.

The museum is housed in the original wartime buildings of RAF East Fortune which is one of the best preserved wartime airfields in the UK. The entire site is a scheduled ancient monument with no permanent structures added by the museum.

Royal Scottish Museum acquired Percy Pilcher's Hawk glider in 1909. This was the first aircraft collected by any museum in the UK. The museum also acquired models of the Wright Model A and Blériot XI. During the early 1920s several aero engines were added to the collection, including a 1910 33hp Wright engine donated by Orville Wright. The museum also houses a Slingsby Gull sailplane, and a Supermarine Spitfire XVI, a Hawker Sea Hawk, a de Havilland Sea Vampire and de Havilland Sea Venom

The public were admitted to see the unique collection for the first time on 7 July 1975.

The museum purchased five aircraft (Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke, de Havilland Dragon, de Havilland Puss Moth, General Aircraft Cygnet and Percival Provost) in 1981 as a result of the sale by auction of much of the Strathallan Collection of aircraft. The collection continues to grow.

Opening Times

April-October: Open daily: 10:00-17:00
November-March: Open weekends only: 10:00-16:00

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Ticket Prices

Adult: £9.50
Concessions: £7.50
Child: £4 (under 5 Free)
Family tickets: £24 for 2 adults and 2 children.

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