News Reports
Nimrod at Cosford – XV249’s New Home
Following on from their recent acquisitions of ex-RAF types, the Dominie, a Hercules and a Harrier, the latest arrivalat RAF Cosford in March 2012 is another ex-RAF airframe – Nimrod R1 XV249. Steve Smith reports for AeroResource... Things at Cosford are looking brighter with the arrival of several new airframes [...]
The End of the Dominie
January 2011 will see the end of an aircraft that has been in RAF service since the 1960s and some of the oldest registered airframes in the UK Inventory. Mark Graham and Steve Smith paid a visit to RAF Cranwell to report on the life of this classic airframe for [...]
RAF Mildenhall Viewing Guide
RAF Mildenhall, home of the 100th Air Refuelling Wing, is one of the most popular bases to visit in the UK, with a wide variety of movements passing through every week. Ben Montgomery and Sam Pilcher present a special guide from Aero Resource documenting everything from history, spotting locations and [...]
Heathrow Airport Viewing Guide
London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow, located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom. It is the third busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and it handles more international passengers than any other airport in the world. [...]
RNAS Yeovilton 2010 Press Day
RNAS Yeovilton is celebrating its 70th birthday this year and the Air Day 2010 is set to showcase the magnificent history and current operations that are undertaken around the world from this busy Somerset air station. AeroResource attended the Press Launch of the Air Day 2010 to get an insight [...]
AIRBASE – New style, new aircraft
More than just a museum, AIRBASE, the new attraction from Classic Flight is set to raise the bar for vintage aircraft collections. Ben Montgomery and Phill Loughlin visited for AeroResource to see what all the fuss is about, and to view Classic Flight’s latest acquisition. Air Atlantique is almost a [...]
The Oxfordshire Howlers Retirement
On Tuesday 6 April, two of the RAF’s longest standing machines bade a sad farewell to their home for many years and headed off to await the scrapman’s axe. Steve Smith looks back at the life of this remarkable aircraft for AeroResource… The aircraft in question were XR807 and XV109, [...]