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National Museum of Flight Scotland
 Street address: East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian EH39 5LF, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 1620 880308
Fax: 44 (0) 1620 880355
E-mail: info@nms.ac.uk
Proprietor: National Museums of Scotland
Contact: Amanda Jopling General Manager
Additional contact: Ian Brown Curator
Opening hours: Apr-Oct: 10am-5pm daily; Nov-Mar: 11am-4pm Sat-Sun, closed Mon-Fri
Admission: Including Concorde Boarding Pass: £8 adults, £6 concessions, £2 children under 12; Without Concorde Boarding Pass: £5 adults, £4 concessions, free of charge children under 12
Accessibility: Disabled parking, wheelchair access to some public areas, disabled toilets, Braille information and/or interpretation, large print information and/or interpretation
 The national aeronautical collection dates back to 1909 when the Royal Scottish Museum acquired a model of the Wright Brothers' Model A biplane. A collection of engines, models and parts was built up in the following years. When a complete Supermarine Spitfire was acquired in 1971, the collection was moved from Edinburgh to be displayed at East Fortune airfield in East Lothian.The National Museum of Flight Scotland opened to the public in 1975. The museum is spread out across the hangars of the former RAF East Fortune airfield, now an historic monument.
The East Fortune site itself is steeped in history. In 1919 the R34 Airship took off from East Fortune to make the first east-west transatlantic flight. The collection includes a number of R34 relics. However, Hangar 4 is now home to Concorde G-BOAA, the first of the British Airways Concorde fleet to fly commercially. Visit the Concorde Experience and follow the amazing story of supersonic passenger flight.
The other hangars display a rich collection of civil and military aircraft. Come and discover some of the most extraordinary machines in the world. Explore the story of our ambition to take to the skies and find out how flight has changed our world.
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