Hospitality & Tourism

Meals on wheels! Plans to build cafe in aircraft fuselage at Solent Sky Museum given go-ahead

By Daniel Face [email protected]

Published: November 27, 2024 | Updated: 27th November 2024

Last November, the Solent Sky Museum in Southampton welcomed on site the fuselage of a BAC1-11 aircraft – built in Dorset in the 1960s before going out of service in 2000.

Rescued from the scrap heap, this hunk of aviation history is now set to house a cafe for museum visitors after plans were given the green light by the city council.

A two-storey extension will be added to provide stairs and lift access between the building and the fuselage.

Diners will be seated within the aircraft – up to 30 at a time – served by a kitchen on the first floor.

The application from the museum cited the lack of a cafe as a common point of feedback from visitors on Tripadvisor, where the museum is among the highest rated attractions in Hampshire.

“This innovative proposal to create a cafe within an aircraft will both add to the visitor experience and contribute to the future of the museum,” read the proposal.

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