World aviation museum and gate guard map

[PR19_Kit]

That's a hefty lake there, and interestingly the very nearby airfield has a ramp at one end of the taxiway that leads right into the lake. I doubt they'd have hauled a Sunderland out of the water on it though, the forest is much too close.

[The Rat]

That's a hefty lake there, and interestingly the very nearby airfield has a ramp at one end of the taxiway that leads right into the lake. I doubt they'd have hauled a Sunderland out of the water on it though, the forest is much too close.

Might not have been 80 years ago.

[zenrat]

Currently road tripping and today we stopped at Meningie in South Australia for lunch.  The War Memorial there has an engine set up as a memorial to the four crew members who died in the crash of Avro Anson W2370 which crashed 3rd June 1942.

 Its at 35°41'15.42"S  139°20'15.85"E

20260409_133113 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
20260409_133120 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
20260409_133212 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[reddfoxx]

Added, thanks!  May I use a couple of those photos on the map, credited?

[zenrat]

Added, thanks!  May I use a couple of those photos on the map, credited?

Feel free to.

[reddfoxx]

Feel free to.

Thanks!

[Nick]

How about this Meteor I found while looking for a campsite in Scotland?

https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=191767
Meteor NF.14 WS792

Brighouse Bay Holiday Park, Kirkcudbright
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pj7aUV4zXa5bMBiJ7

[reddfoxx]

How about this Meteor I found while looking for a campsite in Scotland?

https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=191767
Meteor NF.14 WS792

Brighouse Bay Holiday Park, Kirkcudbright
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pj7aUV4zXa5bMBiJ7

I have it, at the northeast corner of the campground looks like.  54.7872, -4.12901

Updated it with those details, thanks.

[The Rat]

The Katana at 43.01055, -81.15608 has been gone for years, last Google street view to show it is September 2016.

[reddfoxx]

Removed, thanks.  That's a bit after I started making the map; I am very slowly going back through, and appreciate the updates.

[reddfoxx]

My friend Richard Flagg, who has written books on aviation memorials in Norfolk and Essex, just posted a map of aviation-related sites in the UK and Eire: https://www.ukairfields.org.uk/uk-aviation-museums.html

Comparing it to my map, I added 50 more museums!  Mainly fairly small local ones with some sort of aviation display, and some RAF station heritage centres.  Still, the most we've added in years, and some really great places to visit.

I haven't done a numbers post for close to a year, so:

2219 museums
1907 memorials/miscellaneous
12093 gate guards/display aircraft
For a total of 16219 entries.

I've been going through and updating display aircraft; some are gone, a few hopefully temporarily for restoration.

[reddfoxx]

The International Aviation Museum Guide map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=14nb7XSdTw61sS4gR8sJdJXHC2Qdl9zZL&usp=sharing