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Royal Air Force Filton or more simply RAF Filton is a former Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) station located 5 miles (8 km) north of the city centre of Bristol, England. Throughout its existence, RAF Filton shared the airfield with the Bristol Aeroplane Company (later British Aircraft Corporation) whose works, now owned by ...
Aero-engine production started close to Filton Airfield, with the acquisition of Cosmos Engineering in 1920. [10] In the same year, the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company became the Bristol Aeroplane Company, often abbreviated to BAC. From 1929 the No. 501 (City of Bristol) Squadron RAF was based at RAF Filton.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
In its early years, the British V bomber force relied on the concept of aircraft dispersal to escape the effects of an enemy attack on their main bases. There were 22 such bases in 1962, in addition to the ten main bases a total of 32 bases available for the V bomber force.
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
The museum is situated on Filton Airfield and the main exhibition is housed in a First World War Grade II listed hangar, [2] A second hangar from the same era, also Grade II listed, is used as the workshop and storage area for items undergoing restoration, [3] with Concorde exhibited in a new, purpose-built hangar. The exhibits cover over 100 ...
RAF Filton: No. 601 Sqn: Hawker Hurricane: UF: WEAPON: RAF Filton: Flt Lt Sir Archibald Philip Hope (Acting CO) RAF Filton: No. 234 Sqn: Supermarine Spitfire: AZ: CRESSY: RAF St Eval: Sqn Ldr Minden Vaughan Blake: RAF Filton: No. 236 (Coastal Command) Sqn: Bristol Blenheim: FA: RAF St Eval: Sqn Ldr G W Montagu RAF Filton: No. 247 Sqn: Gloster ...
No. 3 Air Experience Flight (3 AEF) is one of thirteen Air Experience Flights (AEFs) run by the Air Cadet Organisation of the Royal Air Force.The primary purpose of the AEF organisation is to provide air experience to members of the Air Training Corps, Combined Cadet Force (RAF) Section and occasionally, the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets and the Air Scouts.