The Heliport, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS24 8PP
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E-mail: helimuseum@btconnect.com
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BAC 100
The Weston-super-Mare Story
Throughout this year, BAC 100 is celebrating the achievements of the aviation
industry in the West of England, past, present and future.
BAC 100 takes its name from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, which was founded on
19th February 1910 by transport entrepreneur Sir George White.
As part of this programme, The Helicopter Museum has staged an exhibit to tell ‘The
Weston-super-Mare Story’.
This small exhibition explains the role that the Bristol Aeroplane Company has played
in Weston-super-Mare over the last one hundred years. This includes the building of
prefabricated houses, World War Two Fighter Planes and in the latter years, The
Sycamore and Belvedere Helicopters (both of which are also on public display as part
of the museums collection).
The exhibition is open to the public now and will run at The Helicopter Museum until
18th September when it closes with the official BAC 100 Hangar Dance, to which
tickets go on sale later this month. The evening of entertainment will include a live
performance by ‘Swing Fever’ who will be rocking the museums aircraft hangar’s to
the lively sounds of the 1940’s/50’s. Guests will be able to dress up in period /
aviation attire from the past 100 years and a free buffet will also be provided.
The British Rotorcraft Museum & Avon Air Collection Ltd, Locking Moor Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England BS22 8PP
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