The Society of Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum (SoFFAAM) was formed in 1979. A thriving and active organisation, its object is the education of the public by promotion, support, assistance and improvement of the museum through the activities of a group of members. It aims to achieve this object by a lively programme of events, including talks and excursions. Some details of these events can be seen in this website.

SoFFAAM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

The Society’s AGM will be held at 19.00 on Thursday 2 October 2025 and will take place on Zoom only.  All Society of Friends Fleet Air Arm Museum members are invited to attend.

Please email soffaam@btinternet.com to request a Zoom invite. The meeting will include reviews of Society activities over the past year. The meeting concludes with the election (or re-election) of the President, Officers and Council members.

Any member of the Society can volunteer to join the Council, other than a junior member.  No special experience is required, just enthusiasm to help SoFFAAM grow even stronger and beneficial to the FAA Museum.

MUSEUM ENTRY TICKETS

The Fleet Air Arm Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday* and SoFFAAM members have FREE entry for the whole year of their membership. You can pre-book your entry via the special FAAM portal below, or you can announce your name at reception, advise you are a SoFFAAM member and the Museum staff will check their digital database and allow you in.

IF YOU ARE BRINGING GUESTS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO PRE-BOOK. CLICK THE LOGO TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS:

Usual membership concessions are available. A SoFFAAM member can bring four guests at a discount of 30% on the normal ticket price, they will have to purchase standard entry tickets from the Museum website. Go through the standard booking process and when it says ‘Enter Code’, use AFILFAAM30 which will re-calculate the cost and give your guest ticket discount. Children from 3 to 15 have to pay the Child Admission price, although children’s tickets can be purchased using the above discount. Children 2 and under are free.

This valuable benefit of Museum entry to SoFFAAM members and their guests is kindly given by the Museum staff.

*The museum is also open Mondays and Tuesdays during School Holidays. See the FAA Museum website by clicking HERE.

Membership Benefits

The Society draws its membership from a broad cross-section of society (by no means all from a military background) at home and abroad. Membership is around 1,000 and continues to expand. The membership fee is only £14 per annum with Life and Family Membership options available.

Unlimited free entry to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Europe’s largest naval aircraft collection for a year of SoFFAAM Membership.

Members are invited to contribute to our lively Journal “Jabberwock”. This is provided free of charge to all members on a quarterly basis.

Click here to go to the Membership page for full details.

Donations

We have removed the donations link temporarily while we update our PayPal settings.  This will be restored in the very near future.