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Fifty years of a Duxford Comet

Fifty years of a Duxford Comet

Celebrating the arrival of our oldest exhibit

On 12 February 1974 de Havilland Comet G-APDB took off for the last time. Leaving the Dan-Air engineering base at Lasham in Hampshire she transited north towards her birthplace in Hatfield. On arrival she descended to complete a low pass along the runway from which she had made her first flight 15 years earlier, pulling up at the end of the pass as the flight crew settled on the heading for the short flight to their final destination at Duxford. When the wheels touched down in Cambridgeshire...

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Aircraft Opening over the Winter Period

Aircraft Opening over the Winter

You can still visit our indoor exhibits

Now that Winter is upon us we have closed all of the outside aircraft to help in their conservation. They will reopen next Easter, However you can still visit our aircraft in the main AirSpace hangar Concorde is open every day from 10:30 to 3:00 Our Museum on the Handley Page Hermes under Concorde is also open every day for the same times so don't forget to visit this and try out the airline seats from different ages. The Avro York and deHavilland Comet may also be...

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Latest...

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

March

Sunday

31

2024

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 >

 
April

Sunday

14

2024

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 >

 
April

Sunday

28

2024

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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The Wimpey. Vickers Wellington B.MkIII of 425 Sqn.

£9.60

BBMF Avro Lancaster B1 PA474

£9.60

Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZO

£30.00

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