Brough Aerodrome

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This site was first used by the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company during World War I for the testing of seaplanes.

In 1949, the company changed name to Blackburn & General Aircraft Limited, which built a number of aircraft at Brough, including the Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft and the Blackburn Buccaneer maritime strike aircraft.

In the 1960's, the company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation and the site continued with the production of the Buccaneer.

The company became part of British Aerospace and later BAE Systems and the site continues to build and support military aircraft. Until the end of production, BAE Harriers were built at Brough.
The airfield closed in the early 1990's after the daily shuttle flights to BAe Warton ended due to cost-cutting. Continuing to this day, variants of the BAe Hawks are built at Brough, but initially had to be transported by road to BAe Warton for test flying.

On 7 September 2007, however, the company announced that it intended to fly all future Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft from Brough to Warton at a rate of two per month. It is unsure whether the airfield will become fully operational though.
On 28 January 2008 flying resumed with the take off of a demonstration version of the Hawk.

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