The Ashburton Aviation Museum, Ashburton, New Zealand, boasts one of the country’s largest collections of aircraft. The museum features over 40 meticulously preserved aircraft, including models such as the de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 and the Douglas A-4K Skyhawk. Visitors can explore cockpits, climb the old control tower, and interact with a “space ball” from the Soviet satellite Cosmos 482, which descended over the South Island in 1972. Additionally, the museum offers a flight simulator experience.
Ashburton Aviation Museum
Ashburton Airfield
370 Seafield Road
Ashburton
enquiries@aviationmuseum.co.nz
+64 3-308 6408
Daily 13:00 – 15:00
Wednesdays and Saturdays open 09:30 – 15:00
Groups by appointment
Admission fee
Aircraft collection
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NZ6464/64 ZK-AZF/TJ187 – ZK-ESC ZK-HFU – ZK-CDU NZ5769 NZ1829 NZ5707 NZ6204 ZK-AMY ZK-GAT WH734 ZK-BXG A77-867 801/880 XZ129 G-SHKK ZK-HHY ZK-HLY ZK-AQK ZK-GAE ZK-FWB ZK-BMV ZM-AAM 666 1912 NZ1012/12 – ZK-APH UB232 ZK-CUA ZK-APJ/NZ598 ZK-IMG ZK-GAZ ZK-ABK ZK-FCY ZK-GAL ZK-JEA K5054 ZK-DMZ ZK-CPW ZK-DOZ | Aero L-29 Delphin (cockpit)
Aeromacchi MB-339CB Auster AOPP.5 Bede BD-5B Beechcraft B77 Skipper Bell 47G-3B-2A Benson B-8 Gyroglider de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.5 de Havilland DH.104 Devon C.1 de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 Douglas A-4K Skyhawk Douglas DC-3C Skytrain Elliot AP.5 EoN Olympia 2 English Electric Canberra B.2 (cockpit) Fokker F.27-100 Friendship Gloster Meteor F.8 Hawker Hunter T.66B (cockpit) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 Hughes 269A Hughes 269C Hughes 369HS Hunting Percival Proctor P.56 Jacobs DFS 108-68 Weihe Light Miniature LM-1 Lincoln LS-2 Sports Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel (replica) Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 North American AT-6C Harvard IIA Pearse’s early monoplane (replica) Percival Proctor monoplane Percival Provost T.53 Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Porterfield 35W Robinson R-22 Alpha Scheibe Bergfalke II/55 Simmonds Spartan Three Seater Skycraft Scout Mk.III Slingsby T.31B Tandem Tutor Stanton Sunbird Glider Supermarine Spitfire (Replica) Transavia PL-12U Airtruk Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster 250R Series 2 Zlin Z.37T Agro Turbo |
Aero L-29 Delphin 56 on trailer
Aeromacchi MB-339CB NZ6464/64 Royal New Zealand Air Force
Beechcraft B77 Skipper ZK-ESC
Bell 47G-3B-2A ZK-HFU
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZK-CDU
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.5 NZ5769 Royal New Zealand Air Force
de Havilland DH.104 Devon C.1 NZ1829 Royal New Zealand Air Force
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 NZ5707 Royal New Zealand Air Force
Douglas A-4K Skyhawk NZ6204 Royal New Zealand Air Force
Douglas DC-3C Dakota ZK-AMY Southern DC-3
Elliot AP.5 EoN Olympia 2 ZK-GAT
English Electric Canberra B2 (mod) WH734 RAF
Hawker Hunter T.66B (cockpit) 801/880 Royal Navy
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XZ129 RAF
Hughes 269A G-SHKK
Hughes 269C ZK-HHY
Lincoln LS-2 Sports ZK-BMV
Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel (replica) ZM-AAM
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 1912 Sovjet Air Force
North American AT-6C Harvard IIA NZ1012/12 Royal New Zealand Air Force
Pearse’s early monoplane
Percival Proctor monoplane ZK-APH
Percival Provost T.53 UB232 Burmese Air Force (now Myanmar Air Force)
Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee ZK-CUA
Robinson R-22 Alpha ZK-IMG Christchurch Helicopters
Simmonds Spartan Three Seater ZK-ABK
Skycraft Scout Mk.III ZK-FCY
Supermarine Spitfire (Replica) K5054
Transavia PL-12U Airtruk ZK-DMZ
Zlin Z-37T Agro Turbo ZK-DOZ
This museum has two display hangars, workshop building and clubrooms.
Photos Les Spearman