Wattisham Station Heritage Museum

Yet another successful day across at the HAS Site today.

As part of our routine maintenance of the aircraft, the jets need to be moved periodically to avoid the tyres getting flat spots. This is a standard aviation industry procedure for aircraft that are parked up for a long period of time.

So, since we were going to be moving the aircraft for maintenance purposes anyway, we thought it would also be a good idea to make it an aircraft towing practice day.

This allowed us to train and refresh the skills of a number of our volunteers so that there are more people available to carry out these tasks in the future.

An initial bit of instruction on the basics of using and operating our tractor was followed by some aircraft ground handling and manoeuvring lessons, with all aims achieved.

By expanding the knowledge and skills to more volunteers, we are in a better position in the future as we now have a larger number of competent and confident aircraft towing team members.

The official start of Meteorological Summer brought the usual blue skies and warm weather to Suffolk for our latest Open Day.

Following a morning of aircraft maintenance and minor restoration tasks, we were very pleased to host a variety of individuals and groups from far and wide who showed a great interest in both the Museum and the aircraft across at the Hardened Aircraft Shelter.

A former pilot of our Phantom XT914 was most appreciative of the access provided to him, as were all the visitors who took advantage of our usual open-cockpit policy.

We were also very grateful to accept a number of donated artefacts that had a connection and relevance to Wattisham, these will be looked after.

If you would like to arrange a visit to see us, please take a look at our website Visit Page at: https://wattishamstationheritage.com/book-a-museum-visit

Our Public Open day event in May 2025 allowed us to unveil a temporary tribute scheme on our Meteor. Read more about the day here….

A bright sunny April day saw our first public Open Day of 2025.

We welcomed our visitors to the main Museum and across at the Hardened Aircraft Shelter to take advantage of the glorious sunny (but cold) conditions.

Thanks go to all our visitors for their interest during the day, and also to our hard-working volunteers whose efforts over the Winter have come to fruition.

If you want to come and give us a visit, check out the Museum Visit Page on the website.

A selection of pictures are shown here.

In March 2025 the front canopy of ex Wattisham based Phantom FGR2 XV494 returned for safe keeping at Wattisham Station Heritage.

Read more about this generous donation here….

Sunday the 16th February 2025 saw the Laying Up of the Standards of two of Wattisham’s most iconic Squadrons.

Click this link to read the report…

Timeline Events held a photoshoot in February for the Phantom, plus our other jets.

A large number of photographers turned up for the event, more details of it are published here.

Massive thanks to all the Museum volunteers who gave up their time over the weekend to setup prior to, help host during, and clear up after the event.

A chilly January morning visit to us by the Suffolk MVT is reported here.

70 years ago, a tragic accident over Suffolk during the Cold War is remembered here…..