Civilian Aviation

The current changes at Duxford have resulted in nearly all the airliners being in a line outside. I was there on Friday for the Puma Farewell flight and took the opportunity to get some photos of the airliners so here they are:

to start with here's the line of most of the airliners:
Best of British airliners line up 2 Duxford 27-03-2025 5187 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

The CAFU Dove which I once saw regularly at Stansted has spent the last 18 years suspended from the Airspace ceiling so it was nice to see that out in the sunlight...
G-ALFU DH Dove DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5140 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

these next three have been outside for ages but are well looked after and appear to have recently received some new paint...

G-ALZO Ambassador DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5137 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-ALWF Viscount DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5203 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AOVT Brittania DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5142 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

The Comet is now outside and looks immaculate, I just hope the English weather doesn't spoil it. looks amazing for a 75 year old design (with a few mods)...
G-APDB Conet 4 DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5149 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

And the VC.10 will always look nice, we built some beautiful aircraft when we had a proper aviation industry
G-ASGC VC.10 DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5173 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

next down the line was the Trident Two,
G-AVFB Trident 2 DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5179 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and the BAC.111
G-AVMU BAC111 DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5180 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

finally the Trislander acts as the bookstop at the end..
G-BEVT BN Trislander DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5190 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

The RAF BAe.146 isn't part of the line , maybe because it's military registered but airliner enough to be inclluded in this post...
ZE701 BAe146 RAF Duxford 27-03-2025 5131 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

another along the line, this time the front ends, what a lovely sight...
Best of British airliners line up 2 Duxford 27-03-2025 5180 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a bit of indulgence, it looks magnificent out in the sunlight after all that time indoors when it was too cramped to appreciate it so here's another of that beautiful Comet....

G-APDB Conet 4 DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5157 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Well done to all the volunteers who keep them looking so good - thank you

Thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Andy

Nice shots Andy...

That comet does indeed look good outside in the sunlight - but such a shame the IWM have made that decision...

Dan

Lovely light on those Andy - you've done them justice

Having joined recently I've been a few times in the last couple of months.

The 146 was in the line until about a month ago. It is registered as G-CMEU so has a civil connection after all.

Lovely pictures, sunshine makes such a difference after all the grey low cloud this year.
And what a grand varied collection of British designs.

What do we build now ?

Pete.

Nice set Andy.
Great light really shows the airframes at their best.

Lovely set this.

I've never been to Duxford and didn't realise there was quite that much on the airliner row outside. Agree that the comet looks magnificent.

Will have to earmark a trip in the autumn when the light is less harsh and the heat haze is gone!