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InDownton Newsletter
The community newsletter for the village of Downton, Wiltshire
Talkabout: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939 - 1990
Thu, Nov 05
|Woodfalls Methodist Church
Speaker: Ron Burrows From the Avro Manchester to the Panavia Tornado, Boscombe Down tested them all. Whatever the aircraft's intended role - fighter or bomber; transport or tanker; maritime patrol, helicopter or trainer - Boscombe's job was to check that they could do what was required of them.
Time & Location
Nov 05, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Woodfalls Methodist Church, The Ridge, Woodfalls, Salisbury SP5 2LH, UK
About the event
Woodfalls Methodist Hall, The Ridge, SP5 2LH. Car park at rear.
Doors open at 10 for a 10:30 start.
Admission: £4, includes tea/coffee and biscuits. Call 07760 224990 for more information
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