South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM)

The restoration of our Wessex is almost complete. First picture is of XM833 when she arrived in May 2019 and the second picture was taken yesterday 27th April 2022

Today a team of very muscular volunteers pulled our long term SWAM resident Wessex HAS.3 XM833 out of the restoration hangar. It'll be rubbed down outside before going back in the hangar where it will then receive a nice new coat of paint ....Go "Team Wessex"

Hello SWAM fans. We are open this coming weekend 10th & 11th July so why not bring the family for a day out at our museum, we'd love to see you ! ADDRESS - Hangar 872, Bro Tathan North, St Athan CF62 4QR Click the link below for directions swam.online/directions

Tonka GR.4T ZA612 & GR.1P ZA326 inside the SWAM hangar yesterday

Our most recent exhibit on display is the BAE/Panavia Tornado GR.4T ZA612 which came to us from Porton Down ...a great addition to the hangar and company for our GR.1P ZA326 ..let's hope they make babies !

A busy weekend has just passed at the museum ..I needed the fantastic GANNET burger to keep the batteries charge

Main blades now fitted to our Wessex XS507 ..it now lives in the hangar and will be on display when we open this coming weekend 22nd / 23rd May

New arrival at SWAM today ...Wessex HU.5 XS507, will be on display in the hangar when we open this weekend 22nd & 23rd May

SWAM are proud to announce the launch of our 1st Book 'AMAZING PLANES ' We have teamed up with Children's author Faye Beerling and Illustrator Malcolm Cleverley to produce this lovely book for Children of approximately ages 3-6

If you’ve ever wondered what hides beneath the slats at the front of the wing, a quick walk down shows what’s there including slat control runs, pylon control rods and lots of wiring of course.

ANNOUNCEMENT - Today it gives me great pleasure to announce that SWAM will be re-opening the hangar doors to the public on the weekend of 22nd & 23rd May. I know a lot of you are keen to come and visit again and the volunteers are very much looking forward to seeing you all. IanG

Arriving today at SWAM from Coventry is the rear section of DC-6A G-APSA ..the other sections will follow soon and it will be re-assembled in due course ready for display.

Exciting times for SWAM ..Two more airframes heading for the museum soon ...Wessex HU.5 XS507 from Chard and Douglas DC-6A G-APSA from Coventry ...an opening date for SWAM will be announced here ..regards Ian

More good news from SWAM ...We are pleased to announce that Tornado GR.4T ZA612 has been secured for display at the Museum. The aircraft is ex 16Sqn/Lossiemouth and is currently at Porton Down from where it will be roaded to St Athan in early June.

GOOD NEWS FOLKS ....The SWAM trustees will be holding a meeting on the 5th May to discuss opening the museum on the weekend of the 22nd May, so please watch this space for further announcements.

Something new on the way to SWAM ...ex RAF Nimrod XV254 on the way to us from Inverness

Two new arrivals at SWAM today ..Boeing 377 SGT-201 Super Guppy nose section F-BTGV and ex Olympic Airways Boeing 747-212B flight deck SX-OAD ...both from Bruntingthorpe ...picture credit Gary Spoors

Just a reminder that SWAM (South Wales Aviation Museum) has a twitter account twitter.com/SWAMStAthan