With another year drawing to a close let us take the traditional look back at what’s been happening here at Duxford over the past 12 months. 2019 saw a large number of anniversaries affecting our collection and aviation in general. The big ones were the first flights 50 years ago of Concorde and the Boeing 747. Our BAC 1-11 also saw air under its wings for the first time in 1969 and the Comet celebrated the world’s first flight by a jet airliner 70 years ago. In...
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DAS & DAN Keith Bradshaw takes a look back at the much missed independent airline DAN-AIR and its contribution to the British Airliner Collection. One of the major contributors to the world famous British Airliner Collection was Dan-Air. Unusually for an airline they regarded their history with respect and as historic airliners were retired, instead of going to the scrap yard, they were treated like much loved workhorses and put out to pasture - parked on the...
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100 years on the 15th June 1919 the Vickers Vimy of Alcock and Brown 'landed' in Ireland to complete...
On 13th June 1965 the prototype Britten Norman BN2 Islander G-ATCT took off from the grass airstrip...
Breitling team in formation A great display. Fantastic picture! Photo Charles Butler
A great day out! It’s always busy and DAS volunteers work hard but showing the public the result...
Boarding now! Sales of Boarding Passes were brisk. The British Airliner Collection aircraft welcomed visitors...
Hold on tight! Aero Super Batics gave an astonishing display of skill, bravery and elegance. Photo Charles Butler
Sally B fires up The Boeing B-17G starts up in a cloud of smoke ready for her display. A firm favourite...
The oldest surviving Viscount shows off her new paintwork Seen outside in the sunshine, no one would guess...
Fire! An exciting display by the Attack Helicopter Display team (AHDT) featuring an Apache AH1 gave...
Bi-planes in formation In an impressive display on a gusty day, the Tiger 9 Formation team showed just...
Concorde’s ever-popular nose lowering drew a large crowd at the Air Show. Restored to full working...
Ex- Concorde crew Captain Andy Mills, Flying Officer John Tye and Flight Engineer Ian Radford, visited 101...
A wet Sunday saw the dedicated DAS crew shifting the Trident into the Conservation Hall for repainting. On...
Back in March 1969 - the second of March to be precise - test pilot André Turcat gathered...
It’s always exciting to see one of the British Airliner Collection aircraft moving down the runway...
In 1948/9 the York was one of a fleet of Allied aircraft which delivered the largest humanitarian airlift...
Barbara Halbert made a special trip from her home in Guernsey to be aboard her beloved Comet 4 to celebrate...
Our BAC 1-11 first flew exactly 50 years ago today on 29 January 1969 and still looks as good as new thanks...
That was the total distance flown by allied aircraft 70 years ago during the 15 months of operations known...
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Duxford Aviation Society gratefully acknowledges the generous support given by the Association of Independent Museums.
Sunday
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 >
Saturday
The action-packed Duxford Air Festival returns for take-off Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Get ready to power your imagination... Concorde nose lowering demonstration at 12:00 From... more >
Sunday
The action-packed Duxford Air Festival returns for take-off Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Get ready to power your imagination... Concorde nose lowering demonstration at 12:00. From... more >
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