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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.
It is run by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, formerly RAF Duxford. The event took place for some 30 years at Duxford Aerodrome until July 2019, but due to various factors including the COVID-19 pandemic , and business disagreements between Flying Legends and the airfield owner Imperial War Museum , the 2020 ...
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.
July 23 – The propeller engine of a Fournier RF4D G-AWGN failed during an aerobatic display routine at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome in Essex, UK. The pilot was able to make a glide approach and land safely. Upon landing, the left windtip smoke generator caught alight and was extinguished by the fire service. [19]
P-47G Thunderbolt s/n 42-25068 at Duxford, 2012 Airworthy P-47D. 45-49192 Nellie – Duxford Aerodrome in Cambridgeshire. [7] On display P-47D. 42-26671 – Imperial War Museum Duxford. [8] 45-49295 – Royal Air Force Museum London. [9]
Location County ICAO IATA Airport name Usage Rwy Length Surface Elevation (m) (m) (ft) East Midlands; Brackley: Northamptonshire: EG2A Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield