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Volunteers Restore Sepecat Jaguar for Solway Aviation Museum
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Read more: Volunteers Restore Sepecat Jaguar for Solway Aviation MuseumSource : Paul McTaggart (News & Star) IN a labor of love, a team of dedicated volunteers at Solway Aviation Museum have successfully rebuilt a SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft, adding another valuable piece to their existing fleet. The SEPECAT Jaguar XX146 was purchased for £2,500 and transported from Essex to the museum at Carlisle Lake District…
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Solway Aviation Named Museum of the Year in North England
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Read more: Solway Aviation Named Museum of the Year in North EnglandSource : Jimmy Moorhouse (News & Star) A Carlisle museum was delighted to be named the Museum of the Year in the Corporate LiveWire North England Prestige Awards. Solway Aviation Museum, based at Carlisle Airport, is home to a collection of aircraft, aviation artefacts, and displays. Originally formed by five members of the Royal Observer…
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Introducing Solway Aviation Museum 2021
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Read more: Introducing Solway Aviation Museum 2021Solway Aviation Museum at Carlisle Lake District Airport has received a grant of £17,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organization recover and reopen. Nearly £400 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organizations across the country, including Solway Aviation Museum, in the latest round of support from the…
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Points of Light Awards
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Read more: Points of Light AwardsDouglas Kerr and David Kirkpatrick, from Carlisle, have together volunteered over 40 years for the ‘Solway Aviation Museum’, a unique resource celebrating and preserving the aviation heritage of the Lake District. Douglas had the idea for the project and founded the ‘Solway Aviation Society’, a network which has grown to 60 volunteers who are collectively…
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Carlisle Living Awards 2017
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Read more: Carlisle Living Awards 2017The Solway Aviation Museum was selected by readers of Carlisle Living as one of the finalists in the 2017 awards held at The Garden at Eden venue in Crosby-on-Eden. This came as a surprise to us as we had no idea we had been nominated, so a big thank you to everyone who voted for…
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