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The Aeropark is both an aviation museum and a viewing area where you can study the preserved planes of yesteryear or watch the modern airliners of today taking-off and landing at a growing international passenger and cargo airport.
Within the Aeropark there is a viewing mound where the top of the viewing mound is just 170 meters north of the main east/west runway of the airport.
The Aeropark at East Midlands Airport is located in the north-west corner of the Airport site close to the village of Castle Donington. It is well signposted from the Airport's main entrance.
On Friday 23rd October at 19:00 the world's largest aircraft - The ANTONOV 225 arrived at East Midlands Airport and after a delay departed on Tuesday 27th October.
More pictures of the departure can be seen here ...
Saturday 3/10/09 saw the arrival of DeHaviland Vampire T11 - XD447 at the Aeropark
This is the latest of the ex Long Marston aircraft to arrive. As with all of the new arrivals there is a lot of work to be done on this airframe but the wings were re-attached at the time of the arrival and the following day it was moved into it new display position, along with other parts of the aircraft. Work will start by cleaning and preparing the boom sections and the re-attaching these to the wings and then putting all of the cover for the engine area back in place.
More pictures of the journey and arrival can be seen here.
Saturday 23/05/09 saw the arrival of Hawker Hunter FR10 XJ714 at the Aeropark
This airframe wil require a great deal of work to get it ready for painting, the rear section will require striping right down to bare metal. Work will start by cleaning and preparing the wing roots and fuselarge section in order that the wings can be put back on.
More pictures of the journey and arrival can be seen here.
Good progress is being made on the JP by both the AVA members and the Newton and Derby (126 Sqdn) ATC.
The airframe has been cleaned down, sanded, etched and primed, it is now almost ready to have it's silver and orange top coat applied.
The Aeropark has an aircraft for sale if you are interested in purchasing please contact Graham Vale 01283546341 / 07800968163 or email aeropark@eastmidlandsaeropark.org
Hunter T7 which is fairly complete externally but will need repainting, more details on request.
The Aeropark have purchased a number of the exhibits previously at the Long Marston museum.
the items which we have purchased include the following:
| Meteor NF13 | WM367 | Cockpit Section |
| Jet Provost T.4. | XP568 | |
| Gazelle | XX457 | |
| Chipmunk T.10 | WP784 | |
| Hunter GA.11 | WV382 | |
| Vampire T.11 | XD447 | |
| Hunter FR.10 | XJ714 | |
| Hunter T.7 | N-315 | |
| Sea Venom FAW22 | XG737 |
These exhibits are currently being relocated and then work will start to complete the restorations which have already been started.
