With its fat, stubby fuselage, two long tail booms and shrieking Dart engines the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy quickly earned its nickname the ’The whistling wheelbarrow‘. For over thirty years this unique aeroplane graced the world skies, here is the Argosy’s story. Back in the mid 1950s the RAF issued a requirement for a new aircraft to replace its Vickers Viking- based Valetta and Halifax based Hastings transport aircraft and also to supplement the Beverley...
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Your latest update on the work of the DAS volunteers here at Duxford, includes stories from around the British Airliner Collection. Viscount Nothing new to report since the interior was finished. Just a quick picture of the finished seats along with their new antimacassars. VC10 Work continues on repairing or replacing corroded areas on the bottom of the wings and fuselage. Some access panels are in such a poor condition there is no other option but to manufacture...
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*** Act soon to get a pre sale discount on this fantastic watch *** An exciting new watch has...
Click on image below to enter the DAS Museum 360-degree tour. Click on image below to enter the DAS...
We can now confirm the rumours that Handley Page Herald G-APWJ will be moving from Duxford...
Over 100 members of the Duxford Aviation Society, IWM staff, press and TV gathered at IWM Duxford on Monday...
British Aerospace 146 ZE701 from the RAF’s Number 32 Squadron (the Royal Squadron) is flying in to...
Our new virtual tour of Concorde, both inside and out, is available now on the Apple Store or Google Play.
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