Where is National Museum of Flight?

National Museum of Flight is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH39 5LF).

How do I get to National Museum of Flight?

The nearest railway station is East Linton, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode EH39 5LF.

How do I get to National Museum of Flight?

The nearest railway station is East Linton, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode EH39 5LF.

How busy is National Museum of Flight?

National Museum of Flight draws around 70,020 visitors a year.

Museums · Central Scotland

National Museum of Flight

In or near East Linton.

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National Museum of Flight — Aerospace museum in East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year: Year-round
Nearest railway station: East Linton · 3.6 km

Family-friendly
Wheelchair accessible

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit the National Museum of Flight, the nearest railway station is East Linton, located 3.6 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is EH39 5LF, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.

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National Museum of Flight is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1975. Part of National Museums Scotland. Address: EH39 5LF. Wikidata describes it as: "Aerospace museum in East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 56.0000°, -2.7167°.

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From the Wikipedia article

The National Museum of Flight is Scotland's national aviation museum, at East Fortune Airfield, just south of the village of East Fortune, Scotland. It is one of the museums within National Museums Scotland. The museum is housed in the original wartime buildings of RAF East Fortune which is a well preserved World War II airfield. As a result of this the entire site is a scheduled monument with no permanent structures added by the museum. The hangars, control tower and stores were designated as Category B listed buildings by Historic Scotland, but this designation was removed in 2013 as they were already covered by the stricter scheduling.

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Background

History

The collections date back to 1909 when the Royal Scottish Museum acquired Percy Pilcher's Hawk glider. This was the first aircraft collected by any museum in the United Kingdom. The same year the museum 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 33 hp Wright engine donated by Orville Wright. In 1968 a Slingsby Gull sailplane was acquired. In 1971 the museum was given a Supermarine Spitfire XVI by the Ministry of Defence. This could not be displayed in Edinburgh and was stored in a hangar at East Fortune. The following year a Hawker Sea Hawk, de Havilland Sea Vampire and de Havilland Sea…

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Coordinates: 56.0000, -2.7167
District: East Lothian
Postcode: EH39 5LF
Parliamentary constituency: Lothian East
Established: 1975
Annual visitors: ~70,020/year
Nearest railway station: East Linton — 3.6 km
Official site: www.nms.ac.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q11839325 (CC0)
wikipedia: National Museum of Flight (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: National Museum of Flight, Scotland.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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