By: Flyer - 23rd January 2011 at 17:45
It would be great to make some photos there. Kuwaiti DC-3, Whirlwind and Jet Provost are especially interesting because their rarity, and because almost total absence of their images in different sources.
By: Fournier Boy - 23rd January 2011 at 11:33
Thank you AMB, I doubt I’ll get the time to get a car, think I’ve got a half day free on my last day before flying home, so might wander around the museum. Will be spending a lot of time at the airport so might have had enough of planes by then!
FB
By: AMB - 22nd January 2011 at 22:41
There are three Lightnings preserved on poles at Ahmed Al Jaber, about 60km south of Kuwait City and another two preserved at Ali Al Salem, about 40km west of Kuwait City. Not sure if you have transport or if these are accessible though?
There is an Educational Science Museum on Abdulla-al-Mubarah Street, Safat 13079 open Sat-Thur. 0830-1200, which is in the eastern part of Kuwait City. Here is an Auster Aiglet Trainer, a DC-3, Lighting and Jet Provost T51.
At the International Airport, there is a whole collection of preserved KAF aircraft stored – Hunters, Lightnings, Mirages, Skyhawks, another Auster Aiglet, Jet Provosts and a Whirlwind.
All the above info is from Bob Ogden’s “Aviation Museums & Collections” series of books – the essential ‘bibles’ when travelling abroad.
Good luck!
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January 22, 2011 at 10:21 pm