Cold War Jets Collection


The Cold War Jets Collection is based at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, a former Royal Air Force station located near Lutterworth, Leicestershire in the United Kingdom.
C Walton Ltd owns the airfield, who host the CWJC, this is made up of several aviation preservation groups, such as the Lightning Preservation Group, the Buccaneer Aviation Group, Classic British Jets Collection and GJD AeroTech.
The airfield is open on Sundays from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm when aircraft are displayed. Demonstrations of fast taxi runs are carried out on the two open days held each year, usually May Bank Holiday Sunday and August Bank Holiday Sunday. Individual Groups also hold events of there aircraft, these include fast taxi runs, static engine runs, photoshoots etc

Taxiable aircraft

Aircraft currently in a taxiable state, are:
AircraftVersionRegistrationMarkingsLast UnitOwnerNotes
English Electric
Canberra
B.8WT333RAE
English Electric
Lightning
F.6XR728JSNo. 11 Squadron RAFLPG
F.6XS904BQNo. 5 Squadron RAF/
No. 11 Squadron RAF
LPG
de Havilland
Sea Vixen
FAW.2XJ494121A&AEEClassic British Jets Collection
Handley Page
Victor
K.2XM715No. 55 Squadron RAFCWJC
Hawker Hunter
Hawker Hunter
GA.11WT806FRADUClassic British Jets Collection
Hawker
Hawker Hunter
T.7XL565YFRADUGP
Hawker Siddeley
Buccaneer
S.2BXW544YNo. 16 Squadron RAFT-BAG
S.2BXX894020No. 208 Squadron RAFT-BAG
S.2BXX900No. 208 Squadron RAFCWJC
Hawker Siddeley
Nimrod
MR.2XV226RAF Kinloss/
RAF St Mawgan Wing
CWJC
Hunting
Jet Provost
T.3AXM3651 FTSClassic British Jets Collection
Hunting
Jet Provost
T.5XW2901 FTSClassic British Jets Collection
PZL TS-11
Iskra
BIS B1H-1018Polish AFCWJC
Vickers
VC10
K.4ZD241NNo. 101 Squadron RAFGS
de Havilland
Venom
FB4WR470G-DHVMSwiss AFClassic British Jets Collection
de Havilland
Comet
4CXS235G-CPDADTEOCWJC

Static aircraft

AircraftVersionRegistrationMarkingsLast UnitOwnerNotes
Lockheed
F-104G Starfighter
F-104G22+35jbG34
Lockheed
F-104G Starfighter
F-104G22+57jbG34
Dassault
Mystere
IVA858-MVFrench AFCWJC
SEPECAT
Jaguar
T.2AXX145ETPSCWJC
Folland
Gnat
T.1XP5404 FTSClassic British Jets Collection
Folland
Gnat
T.1XP534XR9934 FTSPhoenix Aviation
Hawker Siddeley
Buccaneer
S.2BXX889TNo. 12 Squadron RAFT-BAG
SEPECAT
Jaguar
GR.1XZ382No. 14 Squadron RAFCWJC

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