What, I can hear you ask, is the connection between me and the RAF’s premier aerobatic team? The answer is this year we are both celebrating a major anniversary, their 60th and my 70th. Being that bit older than them I can remember when they were just a gleam in the RAF’s eye and I saw them starting life as the Yellow Jacks flying Gnat trainers at Farnborough in 1964. When you reach a certain age and I think the biblical three score years and ten is as a good a time as...
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We are pleased to announce our aircraft opening dates for April. As we are a volunteer organisation these dates are subject to change. In Airspace: April Concorde Every Day HP Hermes (Museum) Every Day Avro York Every Day DH Comet 9, 11, 18 Outside: Britannia 9,...
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On board the Ambassador volunteers Ray and Cliff were doing major renovation work on the freight door. This...
The BAe146 axle stands have been created and painted also in for a repaint were the BAC 1-11 engine support panels.
The aircraft workshop looked pretty clear early February but new challenges arrived mid month. Huge fibreglass...
A recent visit to Duxford provided the opportunity to showcase the STROND watches in Concorde 101 G-AXDN's...
*** Act soon to get a pre sale discount on this fantastic watch *** An exciting new watch has...
Our new virtual tour of Concorde, both inside and out, is available now on the Apple Store or Google Play.
Explore this incredible, half-century old vision of the future in unprecedented detail. Look around in full 360° animation, or zoom in for information on flight deck instruments.
Just 99p puts you in the pilot's seat!
Duxford Aviation Society gratefully acknowledges the generous support given by the Association of Independent Museums.
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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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