- Wikidata identifier:
- Q7739330
- Instance of:
- aviation museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 814
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7739330/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Transport Collection
The museum houses many historic helicopters including 18 which are the only surviving examples of their type; and 30 which are the only examples in a British museum. It is in international collection and includes craft from Poland, France, USA, Japan, Russia, Germany and Pakistan. There are also examples of airframes, dynamic systems, power plants and other components which represent the technological development of the aircraft. There is a growing collection of scale models of aircraft.
Subjects
Transport
Archives Collection
The museum has a substantial collection of technical manuals relating to the repair, maintenance and overhaul of different helicopter types; drawings and files relating to the Cierva Grasshopper project and other rotorcraft. Material relating to Weston Airport and the personnel involved in developing local aviation and the Bristol Aeroplane Company Helicopter Division is included in the collection because of the local nature of some aspects of rotorcraft history. There is also a collection of rotary-wing stamp First Day Covers and books, magazines, historical files, brochures, photographs, films and other archival documentation.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC