WONZ 356 – Wings Over Britain: Newark Air Museum

Guest: Howard Heeley

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: ‎15th of July 2026

Released: 9th of August 2026

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 54 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood visits the Newark Air Museum, at former RAF Winthorpe, situated at Coddington, just outside of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. Dave was hosted by Howard Heeley, Secretary & Museum Trustee, who has had a long affiliation with the museum, and was the perfect person to talk about the history of the site and the collection, and the current and future happenings there.

The Newark Air Museum has an amazing collection of military and civilian aeroplanes and helicopters, and tells the story of aviation in Nottinghamshire, Britain and beyond. It also honours the wartime and postwar crews who trained on the site, former RAF Winthorpe, and the sacrifices they made.

The following photos taken on the day by Dave Homewood are laid out below in the order of how the exhibits are discussed in the podcast so you can follow along with visuals as you listen.

Howard Heeley with the English Electric Lightning (Photo supplied)

The RAF Winthorpe Memorial Garden

Blue Steel in the workshop. This was a British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, built to arm the V bomber force.

Hangar One