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Avro Heritage Museum

Sep 3
1 min

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
2 min

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 ris...

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Avro Heritage Museum

Jun 28
3 min

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 reconn...

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Avro Heritage Museum

Jun 24
2 min

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 A...

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Avro Heritage Museum

May 8
3 min

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
2 min

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
2 min

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
1 min

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
1 min

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
1 min

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
2 min

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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Avro Heritage Museum

Mar 24
2 min

On This Day...

On 24th March 1935, the Avro 652A Anson prototype K4771 took off from Woodford for its maiden flight.

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