Former Aircraft Museums - Torbay Aircraft Musuem

Former Aircraft Museums - Torbay Aircraft Musuem.

It was owned and run by Keith Fordyce, a former TV presenter most noted for presenting Ready Steady Go. The museum closed down in the 1980s and the contents auctioned off. Ken died on the 22nd March 2011. As well as the aircraft the museum was home to various relics and a model railway.

Avro Anson C19 TX235 - Sold to the Snowdon Mountain Rescue Museum on the closure. Later moved to Coventry as a source of spares for G-VROE. The frame is now stored for the Avro Museum at Woodford.

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken 13.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at the Mountain Resue Museum taken August 1989. Copyright Alan Allen.

Avro Avian IIIA G-EBZM - Now on display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry although expected to move in 2021.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 27.07.1977. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry taken 18.08.2018. Copyright Richard E Flagg.

BA Swallow 2 G-AFGE - Loaned to the Museum for a while. Now restored and airworthy, based at Dinton, near Sailsbury. A regular visitor to fly ins across the UK.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at Kemble taken 10.05.2009. Copyright Chris England.

Bristol Sycamore HC14 XG544 - Believed to still exist somewhere in Wales.

Photo of the helicopter on display at 11.03.1973. Copyright Chris England.

de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth G-ANSM - Restored to airworthy condition and flew before being damaged during a forced landing near Peterborough Sibson airfield 04.02.2017. 

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chrs England.

Photo of the aircraft at Peterborough Sibson Airfield taken 05.10.2010. Copyright Richard E Flagg.

Dessoutter G-AAPZ - Loaned to the museum by the Shuttleworth collection. Now restored and airworthy with the Shuttleworth collection. 

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Old Warden taken 26.06.2010. Copyright Richard E Flagg.

de Havilland T10 Chipmunk WB758 - Sold at the auction and believed to still be stored in the Torbay area.

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken 11.03.1973. Copyright Chris England.

de Havilland DH104 Dove 6 G-ALFT - Scrapped in 2004 at Caenarfon after years of external storage and caused severe corrosion.

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken 13.06.1984. Copyright Chris England.

de Havilland Sea Venom XG629 - This aircraft was not sold at the auction. It spent some time on display at Long Manston. Now is under restoration at Stone, Staffordshire.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Long Marston August 1993. Copyright Alan Allen.

Photo of the aircraft at Stone taken April 2006. Copyright Alan Allen.

de Havilland Vampire T11 XE995  - Part of the cockpit on display at Museum fur Luftfahrt und Technik Wernigerode. 

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken in 1987. Copyright London Eye - Flickr.

Photo of the cockpit section at Museum fur Luftfahrt und Technik Wernigerode taken 11.03.2016. Copyright L8rmt - Flickr.

Focke-Achgelis Fa330 Bachstelze - On display at the FAA Museum, Yeovilton.

Photo of the helicopter at Yeovilton taken 17.08.2021. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

Fokker Triplane DR1 (Replica) - Fate unknown.

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken in 1987. Copyright London Eye - Flickr.

Gloster Meteor T7 WF877 - On closure of the museum the aircraft moved to North Weald and was registered G-BPOA. Registration cancelled 05.06.1996. After years of storage at Duxford the aircraft was shipped to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tuscon.

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken 27.07.1977. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at North Weald taken at the 1989 Fighter Meet. Copyright London Eye - Flickr.

Hawker Hurricane KW-Z BAPC.63 - Prop from the film The Battle of Britain. Currenntly on display at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken in 1988. Copyright London Eye - Flickr.

Hawker Sea Hawk WF145 (displayed as WV843) - Cockpit section privatly owned in the Newton Abbot area.

Hawker Sea Hawk FB5 - WM961 - Now on display at Caernarfon Air World, Wales since 1988.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 27.07.1977. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Cearnafon Air World taken 01.11.2014. Copyright Stu Carr.

Miles M38 Messenger 2 G-AKEZ - Restoration was started after the aircraft weas sold at the auction G- registration cancelled 26.01.2006 on sale to New Zealand. Registered ZK-AKE and still undergoing restoration at North Shore Airfield, Aukland.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.
 

Messerschmitt BF109 (Replica BoB film) - Fate unknown.
 

Percival P31 Proctor IV G-ANYP - Believed to be stored in New South Wales, Australia.

Percvial P56 Provost T1 WV605 - Now on disdplay at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft on display at Flixton taken 24.03.2019. Copyright Richard E Flagg.
 

Percival P56 Provost T1 WV679 - Now on display at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield.

Photo of the aircraft at Torbay taken 27.07.1977.  Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the aircraft at Wellesbourne Mountfield taken 14.07.2013. Copyright Richard E Flagg.

SARO Skeeter AOP12 XN351 - Previously stored in Yoxford, Essex after being registered G-BKSC. Now on display at Kinloss.

Photo of the helicopter at Torbay taken 11.07.1971. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the helicopter on display at Kinloss taken 01.09.2021. Copyright Wallace Shackleton.

Supermarine Spitfire QV-K (Replica BoB film) - Fate unknown.

Vickers Varsity (Cockpit) - Identity unknown

Westland Dragonfly HR5 WN499 - Now under long term restoration at Doncaster Aeroventure.

Photo of the helicopter on display at Torbay taken 27.07.1977. Copyright Chris England.

Photo of the helicopter stored at Aeroventure Doncaster taken 23.03.2019. Copyright Oliver Holmes.

Westlands Whirlwind HAR2 XJ393 - Sold in the action but later scrapped in 1993. 

Photo of the helicopter on display at Torbay taken 11.03.1973. Copyright Chris England.