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Duxford Aerodrome (ICAO: EGSU) is located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Cambridge, within the civil parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly 1-mile (1.6 km) west of the village.
Duxford has been associated with British military aviation since 1917, when a site near the village of Duxford, in southern Cambridgeshire, was selected for a new Royal Flying Corps training aerodrome. From 1925 Duxford became a fighter airfield, a role it was to retain until the end of its operational life, and in August 1938 the Duxford-based ...
After retirement it was on display at Lasham Airfield until it was transferred to the Duxford Aviation Society and moved to Duxford in 1986 for a 20-year restoration programme. [2] BAC TSR.2: XR222 Royal Air Force Concorde: G-AXDN Former pre-production development aircraft G-AXDN was donated to the society and flown to Duxford in 1977. [3]
The Fighter Collection is a private operator of airworthy vintage military aircraft or warbirds.It is based in the United Kingdom at Duxford Aerodrome in Cambridgeshire, an airfield that is owned by the Imperial War Museum and is also the site of the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Duxford airfield later became a fighter airfield for the United States Army Air Forces operating P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft. In 1972 the Ministry of Defence began to house historically important aircraft in the hangars, which in 1977 became the Imperial War Museum Duxford. The airfield was used in the motion picture The Battle of Britain.
Exeter International Airport, The Hunter Flying Club: RAF Pembrey: SA 1939 - 1957 Pembrey Airport, Pembrey Sands AWR Support, Pembrey Circuit: RAF Roborough: SA 1931 2011 Plymouth City Airport: RAF St Eval: SA 1939 1959 6 March 1959 RAF St Eval HIVE, MOD Ariel Field: RAF Warmwell: SA 1937 1945 Crossways village
Airport names in italics are listed in the UK Aeronautical Information Publication. [1] Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s). Runway information is for the longest runway when more than one is available.
Airport diagrams [1], airport charts [2], or aerodrome charts [3] are airport maps that are designed to assist ground traffic to move around complex runway and taxiway configurations. [ 4 ] Regulation