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Point Cook / Australia

Located only a few kilometres south west of the city of Melbourne is the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Museum Point Cook. As the birthplace of military aviation in Australia, Point Cook represents one of Australia’s most historically significant locations. In February 1914, only a few months before the outbreak of the First World War, “Central Flying School Werribee” was established at Point Cook operating no more than five ...... go to the article
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Lightning Preservation Group

Checksix readers will be familiar with our reports from Bruntingthorpe on the project to return the Avro Vulcan Bomber to flight, but on the same site there are other aviation groups with equally ...... go to the article
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Royal Navy Historical Flight

The British Royal Navy Historic Flight(RNHF) was formed in 1972 with the aim of preserving a part of the Navy’s aviation heritage and to be a living memorial to all Fleet Air Arm personnel. Based at  ...... go to the article

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Vulcan to the sky

In the English countryside just a five minute drive from the site of the Ladywood works of Sir Frank Whittle and the spiritual home of the British Jet engine in Lutterworth Leicestershire somthing big ...... go to the article
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Vulcan to the sky / Roll out

On the 31st of August 2006 a piece of aviation history was made at Bruntingthorpe near Leicester, England and Checksix was there. The long talked about Vulcan XH558 return to flight project ...... go to the article
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XH 558 - First Flight

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Old Warden / Shuttleworth Coll.

Since we last reported on progress at Bruntingthorpe a great deal has been achieved, we told our regular readers that funding was secured at the very last minute to get the work finished. Well there ...... go to the article
Old Warden Aerodrome is the home of the Shuttleworth Collection, which makes a unique and historically important contribution to the aviation scene. This contribution may be measured not just in terms of its importance to the UK, but should be seen in respect of its place amongst the most important collections of its type worldwide. To highlight important aircraft amongst the Collection is perhaps difficult, as they ...... go to the article
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Thunder City / Cape Town

Almost every young boy has once dreamed of taking to the skies as a fast jet pilot. Unfortunately only for very few can the dream become a reality to work as a military pilot flying fast jets. ...... go to the article
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RAF Museum Cosford

Holding high traditions and history is an important facet of society in the United Kingdom, perhaps more so than anywhere else in Europe. There is no surprise that the collecting and storing of ..... go to the article
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Aeronautikum

...... work in progress - coming soon!
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Indian AF Museum

...... future release!
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Militair Luchtvaart Museum

In almost no other European country the aviation theme has such a high status as in the Netherlands. The enthusiasm for flying is there shared by young and old, to mediate the technology ...... go to the article
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Curtiss P-40F Warhawk

It was the 20th of December 1942 when a flight of four USAAF Curtiss P-40F Warhawk fighters of the 44th fighter squadron departed their base on the island of Efate (located near Vanuatu ...... go to the article
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Lincolnshire Av. Heritage Centre

There are three Avro Lancaster Bombers in the world that can manoeuvre under their own power, one is the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flights PA474 aircraft, the second is the Canadian ...... go to the article
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Boeing Museum Seattle

...... future release!
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Army Museum Johannesburg

...... future release!
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Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo

What would one be doing on an ice cold, snowy winter day in Finland? Well, visiting an aviation museum! Some 175 miles north of Helsinki lays the small village of Tikkakoski in the centre of ...... go to the article
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Edmonton Museum / Canada

...... future release!
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Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow

...... work in progress - coming soon!
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SAAF Museum / Swartkop

...... future release!
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Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode

...... future release!
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