A well-known celebrity had been found for the opening and a fly past was arranged for a World War 2 Dakota aircraft to make a number of fly overs during its appearance, and the necessary navigation exemption order required to enable the aircraft to fly below 500ft had been obtained.

On Sunday the 8th July 1984 the Booker Aircraft Museum was most honoured to welcome fellow aircraft enthusiast, friend and popular music superstar Gary Numan to officially open our museum.

Gary flew into booker airfield (Wycombe Air Park) in his North American Harvard war time trainer in its authentic World War 2 brown and green camouflage scheme, Gary was met near the control tower by the museum’s curator Gordon King and they were both then chauffeur driven the short distance to the museum in style, by museum member Phil Brazier in his Cadillac to a large excited crowd of fans that had gathered waiting to greet him.

Aircraft History: Hawker Hunter T Mk.53 Serial: ET-271.
This aircraft was delivered to No. 724 Squadron Royal Danish Air Force in 1958. Originally based at Aalborg but subsequently moving to Karup and finally to Skystrup in order to be closer to their operational area over the Baltic Sea.

ET271 was the first of only four two seat Hunters serving with the R.D.A.F. The other serial numbers being used were ET-272, ET-273 and ET274.

The Exhibition included detailed sections relating to the furniture industries involvement in the production of Mosquito aircraft, the Molins Company development of the automatic firing 6lb cannon fitted to some Mosquito Aircraft, Davenport Vernon & Co Ltd. Service and repair to Vickers Wellington Aircraft, the Booker Airfield war time R.A.F. activity training Glider Pilots, along with  major section on High Wycombe home front activities as well as the numerous aircraft recoveries from local crash sites undertaken in the area.