Boscombe Down
Boscombe Down is situated near Amesbury in Wiltshire. It is home to:
I have been going to the airfield since the early 1980s and it has always had something of interest in the circuit. These days it is a little less busy with fewer aircraft of interest but it still holds a few surprises, but most of the aircraft shown below have been retired.
BAC111 ZH763 - final departure from Boscombe Down - click here for link
My other website dedicated to 35mm film shots also has a section relating to Boscombe Down which can be found at the following link - http://www.airshowspast.com/boscombe-down.html
- RAF Air Warfare Centre - incorporating the Empire Test Pilots School and the Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron
- No 22 Group (Training) RAF
- No 38 Group (Air Combat Support Service) RAF
I have been going to the airfield since the early 1980s and it has always had something of interest in the circuit. These days it is a little less busy with fewer aircraft of interest but it still holds a few surprises, but most of the aircraft shown below have been retired.
BAC111 ZH763 - final departure from Boscombe Down - click here for link
My other website dedicated to 35mm film shots also has a section relating to Boscombe Down which can be found at the following link - http://www.airshowspast.com/boscombe-down.html
Diamond DA-42MPP Twin Star QQ103 - 22 March 2018
Hawk T.1 XX154 - Boscombe Down 30 August 2018 - this the prototype Hawk first flew on 21 August 1974 at Dunsfold in the hands of Duncan Simpson - 44 years on still going strong.
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Grob G-120TP-A G-ETPD Boscombe Down 30 August 2018
Aircraft in this gallery -
Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C1 XS646 - Westland Gazelle HT.3 ZB625 - Westland Sea King HU.5 XV651
Shorts Tucano T.1 ZF511 - Slingsby T-67M MkII Firefly G-BUUI - Agusta A-109E Power ZE416
Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A ZJ645 - Beagle B206Z CC.1 Basset XS743 - Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A ZJ647
Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB KF183 - Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain ZF622 - BAE Systems Hawk T.1 XX154
Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE794 - Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE203 - Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C.1 XS606
Grob G-115E Tutor T.1 G-BYWW - Augusta A109E QQ100 - British Aerospace BAe 146-100/Avro RJ70 SE-DJP
Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet AT08 - Westland Gazelle HT.3 ZB625 - BAe Hawk T.1 XX342 - Shorts Tucano T.1 ZF341
BAe Hawk T.1 XX162 (RAF Centre Of Aviation Medicine) - Westland Gazelle HT.3 XZ936 - Agusta A-109E Power ZE416 - Westland Gazelle AH.1 - XX453 - BAC 1-11 /539GL - ZH763 - Grob G.115E Tutor's - G-BYXI - G-BYUH
BAe Avro 146-RJ100 - G-BZAY - Shorts Tucano T.1 - ZF510 - BAe125 CC.3 - ZE395 - Panavia Tornado GR.4 - ZA395 (009) - Westland Lynx AH.7 - XZ605 (L) - Westland Sea King HU.5 - XZ575 - Airbus Voyager A330 K.2 - MRTT016
Lockheed C130J-30 C.4 - ZH871 - BAe Avro 146-RJ100 - QQ101 - Diamond DA-42MPP Twin Star QQ103
Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C1 XS646 - Westland Gazelle HT.3 ZB625 - Westland Sea King HU.5 XV651
Shorts Tucano T.1 ZF511 - Slingsby T-67M MkII Firefly G-BUUI - Agusta A-109E Power ZE416
Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A ZJ645 - Beagle B206Z CC.1 Basset XS743 - Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A ZJ647
Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB KF183 - Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain ZF622 - BAE Systems Hawk T.1 XX154
Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE794 - Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE203 - Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C.1 XS606
Grob G-115E Tutor T.1 G-BYWW - Augusta A109E QQ100 - British Aerospace BAe 146-100/Avro RJ70 SE-DJP
Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet AT08 - Westland Gazelle HT.3 ZB625 - BAe Hawk T.1 XX342 - Shorts Tucano T.1 ZF341
BAe Hawk T.1 XX162 (RAF Centre Of Aviation Medicine) - Westland Gazelle HT.3 XZ936 - Agusta A-109E Power ZE416 - Westland Gazelle AH.1 - XX453 - BAC 1-11 /539GL - ZH763 - Grob G.115E Tutor's - G-BYXI - G-BYUH
BAe Avro 146-RJ100 - G-BZAY - Shorts Tucano T.1 - ZF510 - BAe125 CC.3 - ZE395 - Panavia Tornado GR.4 - ZA395 (009) - Westland Lynx AH.7 - XZ605 (L) - Westland Sea King HU.5 - XZ575 - Airbus Voyager A330 K.2 - MRTT016
Lockheed C130J-30 C.4 - ZH871 - BAe Avro 146-RJ100 - QQ101 - Diamond DA-42MPP Twin Star QQ103