Aviation Museum
Based in the control tower of R.A.F Tinwald Downs the museum has an extensive indoor
display of memorabilia which strives to preserve aviation heritage, much of which has come
various recovery activities.
During the second world war, aerial navigation was taught at Dumfries also at Wigtown
and nearby Annan was a fighter training unit. R.A.F Dumfries doubled as an important
maintenance unit and aircraft storage unit. The museum is run by the Dumfries and Galloway
Aviation Group and is the only private aviation museum in Scotland, the museums has cosiderably increased in size in recent years making room for a new shop display area, picnic area etc. The
control tower has been reroofed, the pathways given metalled surfaces and much other
work has been done.
