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What the final role was for the last ever Tornado F3s that flew from Boscombe Down

… of Aviation News Editor Dino Carrara reported from MoD Boscombe Down on the work being undertaken by the last Tornado F3s in … line for this Cold War fighter, as it lives on – at MoD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.  Four aircraft fly from this base …

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Boscombe Down Aviation Collection unveil historic Panavia Tornado

… FlyPast’s Jamie Ewan reports from the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection as it unveiled another hugely … RAF service," beams John Sharpe, project director of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC), as we walk through …

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D-Day Douglas C-47A for Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

… 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 …

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Solent Sky saves One-Eleven

… 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, …

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Last flying One-Eleven's fuselage saved

… 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 …

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Back in black – rare Panavia Tornado F.2 restored

… flown in 2004, the jet was then used as a spares source at Boscombe Down to support other Tornado test airframes…   JAA was … to first dismantle and extract the airframe from Boscombe Down in September 2015 and then hold it in storage …

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Electric record-breaker becomes museum-piece

… 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 …

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Saluting TSR.2 - The Dream That Died

… in August 1960 and introduced a tactical nuclear ‘lay-down’ weapon for low-level use. There was no name as yet – in … development trials, the next five would go to A&AEE Boscombe Down for Ministry of Aviation acceptance flying, … meant that the prototype was only taken (by road) to A&AEE Boscombe Down on March 4, 1964. Engine troubles then held …

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G-HAWK gets its original wing back — but from where?

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

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Was the TSR.2 a political disaster?

… a long story short, the company did get an aeroplane onto Boscombe Down airfield about 18 months later than the original … simply superb – I was so confident in it. I ended up over Boscombe Down where the weather was very bad – I had got Don …

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TSR2: The greatest aircraft the RAF never flew?

… March 1963, the first airframes was transported by road to Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. TSR2 project management soon became even … the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down on September 27, 1964. With Beamont was Senior …

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Spitfire Mk.III ­– The forgotten fighter

… his fighters were armed would have difficulty in shooting down enemy bombers.  The leading alternatives were the 0.5in … trials at Drem, Plt Off Proudman attacked and shot down a Heinkel He 111 at 20,000ft, 41 rounds having been … and W3109-W3970.  Prompted after encouraging trials at Boscombe Down in September, these were followed by a second …

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‘Working’ Meteors showcased at Chalgrove

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

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Did you see the Messerschmitt Me 262 during its UK tour?

… off left few options – and at least three initial touch-down airfields were considered, including MoD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and … Spitfire Mk.Vb AB910 took place, before the 262 flew on to Boscombe Down. Geri later said that meeting ‘Suggs’ and the …

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Airfield history - Old Sarum

… being, April 1, 1918; its varied fleet had decamped to Boscombe Down by the time of the Armistice. Both Boscombe Down, three miles to the north, and the vast expanse …