This Sycamore has recently been brought inside to the new Boscombe Down Aviation Collection - Old Sarum Museum hangar and will be restored in due course. This is a very friendly and welcoming museum and thoroughly worth a visit if in the area.

One of many cockpit sections nicely preserved in the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, a museum that opened in 2012

One of many aircraft noses preserved in the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

Built in 1948 the aircraft was operated at Boscombe Down by the Empire Test Pilot School and as a glider tug. It became G-BDCC fitted with a Lycoming engine and used as a tug at the gliding club at Husbands Bosworth until it was severely damaged in 1999. It is being rebuilt as part of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, an interesting museum which only opened in July 2012

Delivered to the Airforce in August 1985 the mid fuselage was later used to repair an F3, ZE251. This cockpit section was mounted on a rig at Boscombe Down and used for trials. It is now one of many nose sections at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, formed in 2012, a museum that is well worth a visit, Andover XS790 is behind and a BAC1-11 cockpit can be seen on the right.

This superb replica is part of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, a fascinating museum which only opened in July 2012. The Be 2 was a type which first flew in 1912

The cockpit of this nose section, preserved in the Boscombe Down Collection, a museum which only opened in July 2012. It is very worth a visit

The front section of this aircraft is preserved in the Boscombe Down Collection, a museum that only opened in 2012

This aircraft was originally delivered to the Queen's Flight but later transferred to the Defence Research Agency. It aquired a lot of non-standard bumps and bulges whilst there. The nose is preserved in the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection where it is seen here.

This aircraft was damaged in 1958 but the nose section was later used by the Empire Test Pilots School.