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  2. Sywell Aerodrome - Wikipedia

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    Sywell Aerodrome (IATA: ORM, ICAO: EGBK) is the local aerodrome serving the towns of Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden, as well as wider Northamptonshire. The aerodrome is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Northampton and was originally opened in 1928 on the edge of Sywell village.

  3. Sywell Aviation Museum - Wikipedia

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    Sywell Aviation Museum is based at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire, England.It is sited in the aircraft viewing car park at the aerodrome. It documents the history of flying in Northamptonshire from the early days to the present day with particular emphasis on the Second World War.

  4. The Blades (aerobatic team) - Wikipedia

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    The Blades were a British civilian aerobatic team based at the Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire. [1] They had been described as "the world's only aerobatic airline" and were the only full-time civilian aerobatic team in the United Kingdom. [2] [3] The Blades were a subsidiary of 2Excel Aviation. [2]

  5. Sywell - Wikipedia

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    Sywell Hall - the hall has a long straight front with two small and one larger gable ends. The house appears to originally date from Elizabethan times. Village - many local houses were rebuilt by Lady Overstone in the 1860s - with the (old) school dating to 1861 and the rectory's rebuilding to 1862.

  6. Handley Page Jetstream - Wikipedia

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    There was enough interest in the design that it was first picked up by a collaboration of investors and Scottish Aviation which formed a company called "Jetstream Aircraft" to produce the aircraft. Initially production moved to Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire, the CEO being Bill Bright. A further ten Jetstream 1s were produced by this team.

  7. Flying Legends - Wikipedia

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    The event planned to move to Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire for 2021, but this too was cancelled. [1] [2] The Flying Legends airshow re-commenced in 2023, this time at a new venue at Leeds East Airport (formerly RAF Church Fenton) in North Yorkshire, taking place on 15th and 16 July 2023.

  8. List of aviation museums - Wikipedia

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    Museum of History and Labor Glory Ukhtomskogo helicopter plant named after N.I. Kamov , Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast; Museum of Naval Aviation of Northern Fleet , Safonovo, Murmansk Oblast; Museum of the History of aviation engine and repair , Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast; Museum of Stalingrad battle , Volgograd

  9. Hawker Hunter variants - Wikipedia

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    Sole survivor WN904 on static display at Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton. Hunter Mk 3 Sometimes mistakenly called F.3, but it carried no weapons. The first prototype fitted with afterburning Avon RA.7R with 9,600 lbf (42.70 kN) engine, pointed nose, airbrakes on the sides of the fuselage, and a revised windscreen.