Ulster Aviation Society

Ulster Aviation Society turned into based in 1968. Voluntary association of Aviation fanatics almost 450 participants, including Europe & USA. It’s miles prevalent as a charity via Inland sales in 1997. NI Charity fee Registered as associate member of Northern Museums Council. Their essential targets and objectives are Public schooling on aviation-associated subjects, highlight Northern Irelands aviation heritage, keep an aviation museum for public advantage, sell the protection of plane and aviation-related artifacts, great community of contacts with complementary enterprises. Their monthly meetings take location at CIYMS sports activities & Social club. The exhibit had  most work accomplished on this in recent weeks has been the Fairchild Argus. Having eliminated the cotton covering the thin plywood formers along the lowest, sides and pinnacle have been gently and ache-stakingly eliminated, as turned into the wood lattice paintings which made up the top fuselage. They consist of the roles of lengthy Kesh and Maghaberry airfields, the significant presence of America military Air force and US Naval Air service,  are examples of medals awarded to men from Northern Ireland and who served within the Royal Air pressure and Fleet Air Arm, uniforms and Pilot’s log books and a map of Northern Ireland depicting the disposition of airfields and different relevant facilities. The original P7823 changed into based totally with the Squadron at Ballyhalbert inside the autumn of 1941.  It was one among 17 Spitfires purchased through the Belfast Telegraph Spitfire Fund, set up thru donations of hundreds of people in addition to agencies and private enterprises.  each plane bore the call of a network, county or area in Northern Ireland. Spitfire P7823  become named after County Down, and became the only aircraft from that fund which changed into based totally in Northern eire. It was flown with the aid of some of pilots in the squadron, among them Cecil Austin who is the father of BBC presenter Wendy Austin.