The museums 5 main display rooms have strong local flavour and provide wonder as you walk through them and they provide a fascinating insight into local aviation history.

The Museum

Blue Streak Exhibit
Discover Britain's part in the Space Race and the story behind the testing of the ill fated Blue Streak rocket program. Our superb display of rocket engines and model of the rocket launch facility at RAF Spadeadam on the windswept Gilsland fells, chronicles a little known episode in Britain's recent history. An interactive touchscreen allows visitors to explore the story of the Bluestreak project wiith video and pictures from the time.

The Engine Hall
A superb collection of aero engines that show how aircraft powerplants have developed from being small and relatively heavy in the early days through wartime 'classics' such as the Wright Cyclone and the Rolls-Royce Merlin, to the hugely powerful gas turbines such as the Rolls-Royce Avon.

The Avionics Room
The Avionics room highlights the role of the navigator and the development of electronic guidance equipment. The room has exhibits of survival equipment and ejector seats, New for 2007 The Martin Baker story, as well as an area dedicated to Royal Observer Corps

The Crosby Room
Enter the museum's display rooms and step back to the 40's through an air raid shelter, taking the visitor on a journey though the history of local wartime RAF Airfields.

Carlisle Aiport
Ever wanted to be an air traffic controller? - In the Carlisle Airport room you have the chance to see a realistic mock up of the airprts WWII control tower as well as hear a live feed from the tower.