So you thought London's Imperial War Museum was big? You should see its sibling up in Cambridgeshire. IWM Duxford covers 150 acres, features a live runway and stows away some very important aircraft.
The airfield was built during WW1, becoming one of the earliest RAF stations, according to the Imperial War Museum. The aerodrome at Duxford was built as a sister station to nearby RAF Fowlmere.
The TSR-2 in Flight From the first flight test of the TSR-2 XR219 bomber at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England, in September 1964, engineers of the British Aircraft Corporation shot (silent ...
The vintage plane crashed away from the spectator area at the event at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. The crash was witnessed by thousands of people on the ground and captured on film by a ...
From the celebrity chefs involved to the final decadent meal served, here's how Concorde transformed airline food forever.
First flying in September 1964, the TSR.2 was designed as a tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft capable of speeds up ...
Documents from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that some of the highest concentrations of the chemicals can be found in RAF bases across the UK. Groundwater samples from RAF Benson in South ...
open image in gallery Volunteers collect water samples from discharge from a factory which manufactures PFAS in France (AFP via Getty) A former RAF base in Duxford is another hotspot, with over ...