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  2. Aerospace Bristol - Wikipedia

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    Side view of the renovated "Belfast" hangar (October 2017) Aerospace Bristol is an aerospace museum at Filton, to the north of Bristol, England.The project is run by the Bristol Aero Collection Trust and houses a varied collection of exhibits, including Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the final Concorde to be built and the last to fly.

  3. List of aviation museums - Wikipedia

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    EAA Chapter 1241 Air Museum, Marathon [46] Fantasy of Flight, Polk City; Florida Air Museum, Lakeland; Flying Tigers Warbird Air Museum, Kissimmee [47] Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island; Kissimmee Air Museum, Kissimmee; National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola; Sands Space History Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

  4. Airbus UK - Wikipedia

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    Airbus UK (formerly EADS UK) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, based in the United Kingdom, which produces wings for Airbus aircraft.When Airbus (at the time known as EADS) was incorporated as a joint-stock company in 2001, BAE Systems transferred the British facilities of the transnational Airbus Industrie GIE consortium formed in 1970 to the new corporation in exchange of a 20% stake ...

  5. Concorde histories and aircraft on display - Wikipedia

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    Until 2010, the aircraft was open for public viewing at the Airbus facility; since 2017 it has been the main exhibit at Filton's Aerospace Bristol museum. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In addition, a nose cone formerly attached to G-BOAF is currently on display in the Concorde Room, part of the BA first class airport lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5 , having ...

  6. RAF Filton - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Aviation museum - Wikipedia

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    An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft , exhibits can include photographs , maps , models , dioramas , clothing and equipment used by aviators .

  8. Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Airbus directly employs around 13,000 people at its UK division Airbus UK, with estimates that it supports another 140,000 jobs in the wider UK economy. [87] [88] The traditional UK workshare in Airbus aircraft is around 20%. [89] Airbus has major sites at Filton in the city of Bristol and at Broughton in north Wales. [87]

  9. Bristol Filton Airport - Wikipedia

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    "Map of Air Routes and Landing Places in Great Britain, as temporarily arranged by the Air Ministry for civilian flying", published in 1919, showing Filton as a "civil station", with a connection to Hounslow, near London . Aero-engine production started close to Filton Airfield, with the acquisition of Cosmos Engineering in 1920. [10]