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80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE AVRO LANCASTER’S FIRST FLIGHT
Today marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most significant events in the history of military aviation when the first prototype Avro Lan
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Avro Heritage Museum
Sep 3, 20201 min read
Cheshire Life Article
The Avro Heritage Museum features in the latest edition of Cheshire Life magazine.
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Avro Heritage Museum
Aug 6, 20202 min read
ON THIS DAY: 6th August 1986
The first flight of the British Aerospace ATP By early Eighties, the still in production HS748 was beginning to show its age amid the...
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Avro Heritage Museum
Jun 28, 20203 min read
ON THIS DAY: 28th June 1968
The first flight of XV226, the first production Hawker Siddeley Nimrod By the early 1960s, the Royal Air Force’s airborne maritime...
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Avro Heritage Museum
Jun 24, 20202 min read
ON THIS DAY: 24th June 1960
60 Years since the maiden flight of the Avro Type 748. The second Avro 748, G-ARAY, performing rough landing trials on a ploughed field...
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Avro Heritage Museum
May 8, 20203 min read
VE Day 75
VE Day is a chance to remember and give thanks for the enormous effort made by Avro throughout the war. At its peak, Avro’s labour force dur
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Avro Heritage Museum
May 4, 20202 min read
On This Day
Our very own Vickers VC10 XV106 was delivered to the RAF on 4th May 1994 as a C Mk1 K following conversion at Hurn to add the Air to Air Ref
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Avro Heritage Museum
Apr 30, 20202 min read
On This Day
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the first flight of the diminutive Avro 534 Baby, a civil biplane which was conceived by A.V. Roe and
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Avro Heritage Museum
Apr 12, 20201 min read
On This Day
On this day Avro 642 Eighteen first flew from Woodford near Stockport in Cheshire.
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Avro Heritage Museum
Apr 9, 20201 min read
On This Day
The sixth production aircraft of the Avro 706 Ashton 3 made its maiden flight from Woodford on 9th April 1952, piloted by J.C. Nelson.
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Avro Heritage Museum
Apr 9, 20201 min read
On This Day
On 9th April 1947, the prototype Avro 688 Tudor 4 G-AHNJ made its first flight from Woodford in the hands of Chief Test Pilot Bill Thorn.
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Avro Heritage Museum
Mar 31, 20202 min read
On This Day
The Avro Type D made its maiden flight on 1st April 1911 when it was flown by Howard Pixton at Brooklands.
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