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Isle of Wight High Sheriff Kay Marriott reopened Wight Aviation Museum at Sandown Airport to public visitors on Saturday (1st April) as her final duty in office.
The museum will now be open on Saturday, Sunday, Mondays and Tuesday from 10:00 to 15:00 until the end of October.
The High Sheriff was extremely impressed with all that the Wight Aviation Museum has achieved in just a few short years of operation and thanked volunteers for their hard and dedication in creating the museum and celebrating the Island’s extraordinary history in aviation, which spans from building the earliest of aircraft in the 1910s, through to giant sea planes, fighter jet aircraft and space rockets.
Ms Marriott also learned about extraordinary Island people, such as the late Mary Ellis ATA, who flew multiple fighter aircraft from the factories to the RAF airfields during WW2.
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The Wight Aviation Museum has won the Bronze award for its work with volunteers and the community from Vectis Radio.
For further information, email “2023 Season Opening” to [email protected] or phone or text
to 07949 704052 or visit the Wight Aviation Museum website.
Very worthwhile Historical History of aviation on the Isle of Wight