The Duxford Aviation Society

Where are we?

The society shares the site at Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum and is a Partnership Organisation. The airfield is situated some ten miles south of the city of Cambridge, just off the M11 at junction 10.

The Museum occupies the site of the famous World War II aerodrome and it is still an active airfield and home to a number of flying warbirds including the Sally B. The airfield is the venue for some of the best warbird air shows in this country.

The site is large enough, so despite the large number of historic aircraft housed there, it never feels crowded. There are five main aircraft hangers plus the Land Warfare Hall and the unique American Air Museum.

What do we do?

The society aims to acquire, restore and display to the public civil aircraft that are representative of this countries development of civil aviation, several of our airframes are unique or represent benchmark airframes in terms of their state of restoration. DAS exists to provide an opportunity for people to see some of the aircraft that go towards making up the civil aviation heritage of this country.

The Society also has a large and very active Military vehicle wing, based in workshops at the Western end of the Land Warfare Hall. This group are responsible for maintaining a large proportion of the IWM's collection of armoured vehicles as well as those owned by the Society and some privately owned ones.

What are we?

The Duxford Aviation Society is a wholly volunteer organisation, dependant upon funds that we raise through our own efforts, we receive no government assistance. We have what is probably the largest collection of historic civil airliners in the hands of a volunteer group. The society is a registered charity.