Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Aviation Artefacts Museum

Mamba 3 Turbo prop Bamburgh Castle Aviation Artefact Museum contains aviation artefacts and memorabilia spanning nearly as many years as aviation itself.

The Armstrong Museum building is an appropriate place for such a collection as Armstrong's and later Armstrong Whitworth have been involved in aviation since 1910. For more information on Lord Armstrong,please see the Armstrong Museum page.

There are engines, propellers and assorted pieces from crashed aircraft spanning a time line from about 1910 through WW1 and WW2 to more recent times as shown by this cutaway of a Mamba 3 Turbo Prop engine.

While the larger more solid pieces like Goose neck flare engines are the most obvious pieces in the collection, the small items have an equally interesting story to tell.

Some objects that are obviously whole and possibly in working condition may at first sight appear to have a purpose very different to the obvious! Nope it's not a watering can or an oil can... It's a Goose neck flare. These were used during WW.II for marking out flare paths on landing grounds.

There are a couple of large models of the Armstrong Whitworth F K 8 aircraft on display in the museum. They are on loan from their owners. The larger, 1/6th scale flying, model from Air Vice Marshal D A Hurrell. The smaller of the two from Tony Larson of the Gateshead model club, which is shown in the photo. FK8 Big Ack