Ashburton Aviation Museum

The Ashburton Aviation Museum is well well worth a go to at some point of your stay at Bella Vista Ashburton and located at the Ashburton Airport. This is a superb activity and is properly well worth the go to no matter the climate. Ashburton has a strong aviation history, being a schooling base in World War 2. At that time, there had been 50 Tiger Moths primarily based there. The unique tarmac and tie-down rings are nonetheless there to these days which helped to comfortable the planes from Mid Canterbury’s sturdy nor-west winds. There are over 20 aircraft on show inside the Two Museum Buildings and greater within the paintings keep.

These include Devon, Vampire FB5, Harvard, Porterfield, Airtruk, Benson Gyro Glider, Weihe Glider, Hughes Helicopter, Olympia, Flying Flea, Harrier GR3, and Canberra B2 Bomber Cockpit. F8 - Meteor, Zlin, DC3, Vampire T11, Link Trainer, Slingsby T31, Bergfalke, Cropmaster, Tiger Moth. The museum is also home to the Southern DC3 Trusts Historic Airliner ZK AMY. The cutting-edge acquisition is a Thompson Refueller, certainly one of handiest nine on display international. The museum is open to the public every day everyday between 1pm and 3pm. Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10:30am to 3pm. Entry is $10 according to adult, youngsters are loose.