Fleet Air Arm Museum
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Aviation museum at RNAS Yeovilton, England.
The Fleet Air Arm Museum contains over ninety aircraft and thirty thousand artifacts spread across four exhibition halls displaying naval aviation history.
The museum opened in 1964 and houses significant aircraft from World War II, including rare specimens like the Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka II.
Exhibitions display the evolution of British naval aviation from wooden biplanes to modern jets, representing generations of engineering and military advancement.
The museum provides free parking for 230 vehicles and remains accessible via trains to Yeovil Pen Mill, Yeovil Junction, or Castle Cary stations.
Visitors can explore a full-scale recreation of HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier and view active military aircraft taking off from RNAS Yeovilton airfield.
Location: England
Inception: 1964
Official opening: 1964
Part of: National Museum of the Royal Navy
Address: Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, nr Yeovil BA22 8HT
Website: https://nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/fleet-air-arm-museum
GPS coordinates: 51.01360,-2.64480
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:29
Aerospace museums hold airplanes that have marked the history of flight, often displayed in large hangars or outside. You can see military aircraft used during world conflicts, commercial planes that carried the first passengers, as well as experimental prototypes and objects from the early days of flying. These collections tell the story of how flying has grown, from early attempts to space rockets. Important places include the national museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio, which shows hundreds of aircraft sorted by period, and the Royal Air Force Museum in London, which shares British aviation history. In Europe, the Museo del Aire in Madrid displays over 150 Spanish military planes, and the Caproni Museum in Trentino gathers dozens of Italian aircraft along with many technical documents. In Russia, the Central Museum of the Air Forces near Moscow keeps Soviet-era airplanes and engines. These museums help visitors understand how flying developed in each country and how it changed travel and moving around.
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