Aviation Museums

AVRO Heritage Museum, Woodford Photo report

The Avro Heritage Museum is a museum located in Woodford, England, that is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Avro aircraft company. Avro was a British aerospace company that was best known for producing […]

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Military fact sheets

Avro Vulcan

One of the British V-bombers the Avro Vulcan a jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber,  was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. During the dark days of the Cold War, the […]

Civilian fact sheets

Avro Anson Nineteen

The Avro 652 Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft, was originally designed as a light, four-passenger civil transport and mail aircraft. The first three were built to civil specifications, and first flew in 1935 […]

Military fact sheets

Avro 504

The Avro 504 developed directly from the E500 machine. It moved rapidly into production, first flying 18 September 1913. The Avro 504, two-seater biplane, it’s equal-span wings balanced the fuselage, whose box-girder body blended into […]

Civilian fact sheets

British Aerospace 146

The BAe 146, a medium sized airliner (‘the Whisperjet’) built by British Aerospace (now BAE Systems). The first production models were built in 1983 and the last aircraft were built in 2002. In these years […]

Military fact sheets

AVRO Lancaster

What the Flying Fortress was for the USAF, that was the AVRO Lancaster for the RAF. The RAF Lancasters flew the night missions in the second World War to Germany. It was a dangerous job, […]