Cold War Jets Collection

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Cold War Jets Collection
Cold War Jets Collection
Location Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome
Coordinates 52°29′53.09″N1°6′35.22″W / 52.4980806°N 1.1097833°W / 52.4980806; -1.1097833
Type Aerospace museum
Collection size18
FounderWalton Family

The Cold War Jets Collection (CWJC) is a museum based on the edge of Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, a former Royal Air Force station located near Lutterworth, Leicestershire in the United Kingdom.

Contents

C Walton Ltd owned the airfield, who hosts the CWJC, this is made up of several aviation preservation groups, such as the Lightning Preservation Group (LPG), Classic British Jets Collection (CBJC), GJD AeroTech and previously the Buccaneer Aviation Group (T-BAG).

The airfield was open on Sundays from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm when aircraft were displayed. Demonstrations of fast taxi runs were carried out on the two open days held each year, usually May Bank Holiday Sunday and August Bank Holiday Sunday. Individual Groups also held events of their aircraft, these included fast taxi runs, static engine runs, photoshoots etc.

It was reported in June 2020 that the museum had closed. [1] [2]

However the collection reopened at a new location on the edge of Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome during September 2023, based around the QRA hangars, on an invitation only basis. [3]

Collection

AircraftVersionRegistrationMarkingsLast UnitOwnerNotes
BAC Jet Provost T.5AXW290 No. 1 FTS CBJC [4]
Dassault Mystère IVA858-MV French AF CWJC [5]
de Havilland Comet 4CXS235G-CPDA DTEO CWJC [5]
de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21WM571CBJC
de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2XJ494121 A&AEE CBJC [4]
de Havilland Venom FB4WR470G-DHVMSwiss AFCBJC [6]
English Electric Canberra B(I).8WT333 RAE [4] [6]
English Electric Lightning F.6XR728JS No. 11 Squadron RAF LPG [7] [6]
F.6XS904BQ No. 5 Squadron RAF/
No. 11 Squadron RAF 		LPG [7] [6]
Folland Gnat T.1XP540 No. 4 FTS CBJC [7]
Gloster Meteor NF.11WM167CBJC [6]
Handley Page Victor K.2XM715 No. 55 Squadron RAF CWJC [5]
Hawker Hunter GA.11WT806 FRADU CBJC [4] [6]
T.8CXF994CBJC [8]
T.7XL565Y FRADU GP [4]
Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6XE368CBJC [9]
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2XV226 RAF Kinloss/
RAF St Mawgan Wing		CWJC [5]
Hunting Jet Provost T.3AXM365 No. 1 FTS CBJC [4]
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter G22+35 jbG34 [4]
G22+57 jbG34 [4]
PZL TS-11 Iskra BIS B1H-1018 Polish AF CWJC [5] [6]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1XZ382 No. 14 Squadron RAF CWJC [5]

Previous residents

AircraftVersionRegistrationMarkingsLast UnitOwnerNotes
Folland Gnat T.1XP534XR993 No. 4 FTS Phoenix Aviation [7] to South Wales Aviation Museum [10]
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2BXW544Y No. 16 Squadron RAF T-BAG [11] to Cotswold Airport [12]
S.2BXX889T No. 12 Squadron RAF T-BAG [11] to South Wales Aviation Museum [13]
S.2BXX894020 No. 208 Squadron RAF T-BAG [11] to Cotswold Airport [14]
S.2BXX900 No. 208 Squadron RAF CWJC [5] to Tatenhill Airfield [15]
SEPECAT Jaguar T.2AXX145 ETPS CWJC [5] to Boscombe Down Aviation Collection [16]
Vickers VC10 K.4ZD241N No. 101 Squadron RAF GS [4] Scrapped

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Cold War Jets Museum, Bruntingthorpe, UK is closed and will not re-open". aviationmuseum.eu. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bruntingthorpe: Fears 'historic' VC10 passenger plane to be scrapped". BBC News. 27 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cold War jets roar at Bruntingthorpe – full report". Key Publishing. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ellis 2014, p. 131.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ellis 2014, p. 96.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cold War Jet Collection Open Day Bruntingthorpe". Eventbrite. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Ellis 2014, p. 130.
  8. ↑ "T.8C XF994 - Classic British Jets Collection, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "FGA.6 XE368 - Classic British Jets Collection (stored), Leicestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "T.1 XR993 - South Wales Aviation Museum, St. Athan, Wales". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 Ellis 2014, p. 129.
  12. ↑ "S.2B XW544 - The Buccaneer Aviation Group (taxiable), Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "S.2B XX889 - South Wales Aviation Museum, St. Athan, Wales". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "S.2B XX894 - The Buccaneer Aviation Group, (taxiable), Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "S.2B XX900 - British Aviation Heritage (taxiable), Tatenhill Airport, Staffordshire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "T.2A XX145 - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum Airfield, Wiltshire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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