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The Real Aeroplane Company
Contact
- The Real Aeroplane Co Ltd
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- Nr Selby North Yorkshire
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland YO8 9RG
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- +44.1757289065
Description
The Real Aeroplane Company was founded in 1989 by Tony 'Taff' Smith as the operating company of his airstrip on the former World War two bomber base at Breighton, near Selby. It had been Taff's dream to establish a flying group where like minded individuals could operate their 'Real' aeroplanes away from the pressures of normal aero club flying, in addition, he needed an operating base for his own growing collection of veteran aeroplanes - Breighton was the ideal setting.
Initially, the site consisted of a workshop, two hangars and four aeroplanes. It now has eight hangar and over forty magnificent flying machines in residency ranging from classic warbirds such as the Hurricane to the very non-warlike Aeronca 100, which was built in 1936 and is the worlds only airworthy example factory built in the UK. In 1995, RACo were the first civilian organization to certify and operate an Aero Vodochody L-39ZO Albatros on the Western European display circuit. The agile Czech ground attack/fighter delighted airshow crowds everywhere, looking resplendent in its custom paint scheme. This aeroplane went on to star, along with Taff, in the James Bond film 'Tomorrow never dies'. RACo is also engaged in a number of rebuilds and restorations and has a very fine reputation for restoring the 'Bucker' family of biplanes. Several of these plucky little machines are based at Breighton and can often be seen rolling and looping over the airfield during summer weekends
From the very earliest days, enthusiastic onlookers have been welcomed to Breighton and the Real Aeroplane Museum operation was established to cater for those visitors. Well informed Museum volunteers are always on hand to guide visitors around the aircraft, the majority of which are still airworthy.
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