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By Steve Beebee 20th April 2022

… In mid-March 2022, the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) at Old Sarum in Salisbury … to BDAC on long term loan. … D-Day Douglas C-47A for Boscombe Down Aviation Collection …

By Tony Harmsworth 1st December 2023

… 1991 it went to the Defence Research Agency, flying from Boscombe Down, Bedford and Farnborough as ZH763, predominantly on … last airworthy One-Eleven in the UK. It was delivered from Boscombe Down to Newquay on 26 April 2013. Alan Jones adds, …

By Tony Harmsworth 29th September 2023

… the serial ZH763 and flying on radar trials work from Boscombe Down, Farnborough and Bedford. Latterly stationed at Boscombe, it made the last ever One-Eleven flight in the UK …

By Tony Harmsworth 30th November 2023

… record for electric aeroplanes on a three-mile course over Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, on 16 November 2021, reaching a top speed of … Aerospace Technology Institute, during further runs over Boscombe G-NXTE managed 330mph (532.1km/h) over 15km, 182mph …

By Tony Harmsworth 4th December 2023

… Wilson of North Yorkshire-based Jet Art Aviation, and the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, in a thoroughly worthwhile task to …

By Steve Beebee 4th September 2023

… (DERA). The jets were then sold for a nominal sum to Boscombe Down defence contractor QinetiQ; the first time the Meteors …

By Dino Carrara 14th June 2023

… City Airport (the home of Marshall Aerospace), MOD Boscombe Down, the former RAF Lyneham (both in Wiltshire) and RAF High … at RAF Fairford. The historic formation flight touched down at the Gloucestershire base at approximately 5.20pm most …

By Tony Harmsworth 3rd March 2023

… some reason, XV586 was briefly transferred to the A&AEE at Boscombe Down, before flying back to Leuchars on 27 October 1989 for …

By Tony Harmsworth 23rd December 2022

… the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down the Meteor went to the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company on …

20th November 2022

… F.1 WT555 The first Hunter to fly was the P.1067 from Boscombe Down on July 20, 1951, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon 103 … Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Boscombe Down. On completion of its handling and performance …

By Tara Leggett 5th October 2021

… stations (Brize Norton, Coningsby, Marham, Cranwell, Boscombe Down, Northolt and Waddington) flying five different types of …

By Tara Leggett 1st October 2021

… museum to be put back together by a JARTS team from RAF Boscombe Down. The initial visit was hit by a Covid outbreak within …

By Dave Allport 31st August 2021

… are also used in support of test and trials work at MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. In addition, the T1 has been famously used …

By Dave Allport 12th September 2021

… – the Heavy Aircraft Test and Evaluation Unit at MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. The RAF CH-47 fleet is a mix of eight …

15th July 2021

… Royce’s heritage flight, having been previously based at Boscombe Down with the Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS).  … East …