Following many months of hard work by the Wight Aviation Museum (WAM Team) of volunteers the museum re-opened to public visitors on Saturday the 16th March 2024 and will now be open on Saturday, Sunday, Mondays and Tuesday from 10am – 3pm until the end of October.
Visit by the High Sheriff
To help celebrate our opening weekend we were delighted to be able to give a guided tour to the Isle of Wight High Sheriff, Mrs Dawn K Haig-Thomas.
She and her husband Alex were extremely impressed with all that the Wight Aviation Museum has to offer, celebrating the Island’s extra-ordinary history in aviation which spans from building the earliest of aircraft in the 1910s, through to giant Sea Planes, Fighter Jet Aircraft and Space rockets.
Extraordinary Island people
Dawn also learned about extraordinary Island people such as the late Mary Ellis ATA who flew multiple fighter aircraft from the factories to the RAF airfields during WW2.
As well as learning about the long and varied history of aviation on the Isle of Wight Dawn also got a chance to take controls of our Beadle Bull Dog aircraft using the very latest in VR technology for a “virtual flight” around the Island.
For more information, email “2024 Season Opening” to [email protected] or phone or text to 07949 704052 or visit our website.
News shared by Brian on behalf of Wight Aviation Museum. Ed
