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Test flight!

Hangar highlights

Work your way through our four hangars, which tell the story of aviation from military to civil aviation.

Hangar slideshow

Have a look at our aviation slideshow to see what's in store for you. Just click on the thumbnails below to see a larger image.

Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVIe Tiger moth, National Museum of Flight, East Fortune © Alex Cunningham Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet © Kenny Mitchell English Electric Thunderbird MK1 Surface to Air missile (SAM) BAC 111, National Museum of Flight, East Fortune © Alex Cunningham Vulcan National Museum of Flight Comet National Museum of Flight, East Fortune © Kenny Mitchell Hangar 3

Inside and out

Hangar 1 Miltary aviation

Explore the role of military aircraft from the First and Second World Wars to the present day.

Hangar 2 Civil aviation

See the pioneers of passenger air travel from the development of early flight to jet aircraft.

Hangar 3 Restoration

Go behind the scenes and see a a variety of aircraft in the process of restoration.

Hangar 4

See Concorde, our new exhibition The Jet Age and our new aircraft engine display.

Outside

Outside the hangars, you can see the Comet, Vulcan and BAC1-11. We've also got a Green Goddess fire-engine and Matador 4x4 truck on permanent display.

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Aircraft Manoeuvres

See the Restoration Hangar aircraft manoeuvres on Flickr.

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Flickr Group

If you are visiting National Museum of Flight why not share your photos on the National Museums Scotland Flickr Group?

Big Wing weekend

Girls enjoying the Civil Aviation Hangar.

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