Projects
Vulcan to the sky
Museums
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 report
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 report
Projects
Vulcan to the sky / UPDATE
In 2005 CHK6/UK visited the Vulcan’s lair at Bruntingthorpe Leicestershire, this is our first update since that visit and things are really moving on for XH558. Checksix spoke to Felicity Irwin the
campaign ...... go to the report
Projects
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 report
Projects
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 report
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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 report
Projects
Vulcan to the sky / Update 2007
It was on the 31st of August 2006 that Checksix last reported on progress at Bruntingthorpe on the roll out day for Vulcan XH558. We returned at the end of May 2007 to catch up with the team as the deadline for
the first requested flights drawn near. XH558 had been requested to take part in a Falklands War Memorial fly past down “the Mall” and over Buckingham Palace on the 16th June 2007 and this date was the target ...... go to the report
Projects
Vulcan XH558 - First Flight
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 report
Museums
Old Warden / Shuttleworth Coll.
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 ...... go to the report
Projects
Thunder City / Capetown
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 report
Projects
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, an area between the
Solomon Islands and New Caledonia in the South Pacific) to participate in a routine navigation training exercise. While flying southwards the flight was confronted by fierce tropical storm, this together with ...... go to the report
Projects
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 report
Museums
RAF Museum Cosford / UK
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 report
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