Museums, schools and makers

Opening times and prices were read from each site on 3 November 2026.

Museums

The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare

Near Weston-super-Mare, 5 min from M5 J21, postcode BS24 8PP · Wed-Sun 10.00am-4.30pm; Mon and Tue CLOSED; last admission 3.30pm. Next event shown: Sun 13 Dec 2026 open cockpit day · Adults GBP15.00; children (3-15) GBP8.50; seniors/concessions GBP13.50; family 2+2 GBP36.00 helimuseum.com
The old URL helimuseum.co.uk did not connect (TLS error) - use helimuseum.com, the site that opened.

RAF Museum London (Hendon)

Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5LL · Open daily 10.00am-5.00pm · Free (booking recommended) rafmuseum.org.uk

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton

RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), BA22 8HW · 10am-4.30pm Wednesday-Sunday; open daily in Somerset school holidays · Individual GBP21 online / GBP24 box office; child GBP17 / GBP17.50 royalnavymuseums.org.uk
fleetairarm.com redirects to nmrn.org.uk which redirects to royalnavymuseums.org.uk

IWM Duxford

Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR · Page structured data is inconsistent (Oct 2025-Apr 2026 Monday 10:00-16:00; Apr-Oct 2026 Tue-Fri 10:00-16:00, Sat 10:00-18:00). Not reliable - check page before publishing · From GBP26.80 iwm.org.uk

Science Museum, London

Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD · Daily 10.00-18.00 except 24-26 December · General entry free sciencemuseum.org.uk

Flying schools and clubs

Elstree Helicopters

London Elstree Aerodrome (Borehamwood WD6 3AW) · States it is the only CAA ATO(H) at Elstree; types R22, R44, R66, Guimbal Cabri G2, Bell 206BIII elstreehelicopters.co.uk

ICE Helicopters

Elstree Aerodrome (Hogg Lane, Borehamwood WD6 3AN) · Page lists UK CAA Helicopter Flight Training Operator approval DTO-0333; PPL(H) in R22/R44 icehelicopters.com

Flying Pig Helicopters

Elstree Aerodrome (Hogg Lane, Borehamwood WD6 3AW) · Approval status not stated on page; R22/R44 mentioned in reviews flyingpighelicopters.co.uk

HQ Aviation

Denham Aerodrome (Hangar E, Hangar Road, UB9 5DF) · PPL(H) on R22 and R44; CAA Part-145 service centre and CAA test centre; flight-school approval wording not on page hqaviation.com

EBG Helicopters

Redhill Aerodrome (Hangar 6, Kings Mill Lane, RH1 5JY) · PPL(H), self-fly hire; R22 Beta 2, Cabri G2, R44; approval status not stated on page ebghelicopters.co.uk

A2B Heli (training division)

Redhill Aerodrome per Redhill Aerodrome site · Redhill Aerodrome page: approved helicopter training by EASA/UKCAA, Part 147 type training, ATO pilot training on AS355; A2B's own page opened gave no address a2baero.co.uk

A Wycombe Air Park school

Wycombe Air Park (described as its London airfield); head office Wellesbourne CV35 9EU · PPL(H), CPL(H), ATPL(H) ground school; R22, R44, R66 fleet; approval number not stated on page

Sloane Helicopters (flying school)

Northolt is a listed base on its about-us page; HQ Sywell · Robinson dealer and Leonardo distributor; a flyingschool.sloanehelicopters.com site and 2025 price list exist (seen in search results, not opened). Whether training is run from Northolt is NOT confirmed sloanehelicopters.com

Manufacturers

Airbus Helicopters UK

Oxford Airport, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 1QZ; +44 1865 852400 (address and phone from an Airbus search result and annual report; the Airbus UK page itself was not opened) airbus.com

Leonardo Helicopters

Opened Leonardo helicopters page gave no UK address (Italian sites only). UK distributor of Leonardo (Agusta) helicopters per its own page: Sloane Helicopters, Sywell NN6 0BN, other bases Northolt and Enniskillen sloanehelicopters.com

Robinson

Sloane Helicopters (UK dealer and service centre, own page) and another dealer (page says UK Diamond Robinson Dealer, Wellesbourne CV35 9EU)

Bell

not stated on bellflight.com pages opened. Bell news results (not opened) name HelixAv as UK independent representative for the 505 and Tangmere Aircraft Sales for 429/412EPX/525 from Oct 2025; no 407 representative found bellflight.com

Sikorsky / Lockheed Martin

not stated lockheedmartin.com

MD Helicopters

not stated mdhelicopters.com