Malta Aviation Museum

[beany]

Had a holiday in Malta at the end of May - the highlight was the small but very nicely presented Aviation Museum at Ta Qali - here is a sample of some of the many photos I took...

A.W. Seahawk FGA.2 WV826 painted to represent an FGA.6 of 804 Sqn from the Suez Canal period.


Nose section of E.E. Lightning F.2 XN769


D.H. Vampire T.11 restored in the colours of a No.750 FAA Sqn T.22 aircraft


Fiat G91R/1B


Under Restortation - a D.H. Sea Venom FAW.22 - XG691 - a nice little diorama idea for the Matchbox 1/32 Sea Venom???


Long term restoration, Swordfish HS491 (which never actually operated out of Malta) - there is a fully enclosed cockpit canopy for this aircraft at the rear.








Spitfire Mk.IV EN199


Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIA Z3055










More details of these aircraft and other exhibits here - http://www.maltaviationmuseum.com;

Cheers
Al.

[beany]

...and some of the excellent models on display in the museum:

















Scratch-built 1/24 Gloster Gladiator!!










I've got more photos if anyone is interested - give me a yell here and I'll upload them and post them.

Cheers
Al.

[Motley]

Brilliant pictures, love the first meteor with the squiggle lines, and the models are amazing, especially love the Sunderland one, id say if you have any other pics to throw them up mate

[Beowulf Shaeffer]

some very nice pics there...thanks for sharing

some excellent talent there in those dio's

[MerlinJones]

Thanks for sharing, Al...those seaplane dios are something special.

Regards,
Bruce

[PaulBradley]

Very nice - thanks for sharing, Al!