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Airliner Open Dates September

Airliner Open Dates September

When can I board the aircraft?

As we are a volunteer based organisation we will try our very best but the dates below are subject to change. ALL aircraft are open on Airshow days (September 16th and 17th) In Airspace: September Concorde Every Day HP Hermes (Museum) Every Day Avro York Every Day DH Comet 14, 21, 28 Outside:   Britannia 6,...

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75 years of the Viscount

75 years of the Viscount

The world's first Turboprop airliner

16 July 1948 dawned damp and gloomy as test pilots Mutt Summers (who flew the prototype Spitfire) and Jock Bryce (who would go on to fly the prototype VC10) forsook their normal office in the Vickers flight test building at Weybridge for a day at the company airfield a few miles away at Wisley on the London to Portsmouth road. Earlier, a revolutionary aeroplane had been dismantled at Weybridge, trucked down to Wisley and re-assembled ready for its maiden flight. As Mutt Summers flew...

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Winter work in the workshop 3

On board the Ambassador volunteers Ray and Cliff were doing major renovation work on the freight door. This...

Winter work in the workshop 2

The BAe146 axle stands have been created and painted also in for a repaint were the BAC 1-11 engine support panels.

Winter work in the workshop 1

The aircraft workshop looked pretty clear early February but new challenges arrived mid month. Huge fibreglass...

NEW ITEM

A recent visit to Duxford provided the opportunity to showcase the STROND watches in Concorde 101 G-AXDN's...

STROND Automatic Concorde Watch

*** Act soon to get a pre sale discount on this fantastic watch ***   An exciting new watch has...

 
Concorde app

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Our new virtual tour of Concorde, both inside and out, is available now on the Apple Store or Google Play.

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Duxford Aviation Society gratefully acknowledges the generous support given by the Association of Independent Museums.

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Dates for your diary

October

Sunday

8

2023

Concorde Nose Lowering Demonstration

One of the unique features that made the Concorde able to cruise at twice the speed of sound was its ability to change the shape of its forward fuselage. For ground handling, take-off and... more >

 
October

Saturday

14

2023

Flying Day: Flying Finale

Duxford Flying Finale will celebrate the highs of all our flying events since the very first Duxford Air Show in October 1973. more >

 
October

Sunday

29

2023

Concorde Nose Lowering Demonstration

One of the unique features that made the Concorde able to cruise at twice the speed of sound was its ability to change the shape of its forward fuselage. For ground handling, take-off and... more >

 

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Russian language books

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Airtours International  B757 Operations Manuals

£80.00

Avro Lancaster B1-PA474

£9.60

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