Avro Heritage MuseumJan 9, 20214 min80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE AVRO LANCASTER’S FIRST FLIGHTToday marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most significant events in the history of military aviation when the first prototype Avro Lan
Avro Heritage MuseumSep 3, 20201 minCheshire Life ArticleThe Avro Heritage Museum features in the latest edition of Cheshire Life magazine.
Avro Heritage MuseumAug 6, 20202 minON THIS DAY: 6th August 1986The first flight of the British Aerospace ATP By early Eighties, the still in production HS748 was beginning to show its age amid the...
Avro Heritage MuseumJun 28, 20203 minON THIS DAY: 28th June 1968The first flight of XV226, the first production Hawker Siddeley Nimrod By the early 1960s, the Royal Air Force’s airborne maritime...
Avro Heritage MuseumJun 24, 20202 minON 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...
Avro Heritage MuseumMay 8, 20203 minVE Day 75VE 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
Avro Heritage MuseumMay 4, 20202 minOn This DayOur 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
Avro Heritage MuseumApr 30, 20202 minOn This DayToday 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
Avro Heritage MuseumApr 12, 20201 minOn This DayOn this day Avro 642 Eighteen first flew from Woodford near Stockport in Cheshire.
Avro Heritage MuseumApr 9, 20201 minOn This DayThe sixth production aircraft of the Avro 706 Ashton 3 made its maiden flight from Woodford on 9th April 1952, piloted by J.C. Nelson.
Avro Heritage MuseumApr 9, 20201 minOn This DayOn 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.
Avro Heritage MuseumMar 31, 20202 minOn This DayThe Avro Type D made its maiden flight on 1st April 1911 when it was flown by Howard Pixton at Brooklands.