In addition to our air show stand and our teams’ amazing hard work at this year’s show from the red zone; for RIAT 23 our key sponsor Airbus also invited us to participate in what was also a first for them, and also in the corporate hospitality area, a ‘heritage corner’.
Airbus, like other global aviation powerhouses, is actually formed today through aviation brands and companies of the past. Airbus was keen to show their UK operations of today has a rich history of heritage. For example, their Filton works at Bristol is of course famous for the Bristol engines, aircraft like the Blenheim and most famous of all Concorde!
Airbus created a flowing timeline in this heritage corner, from 1910 to the present day and beyond showing the heritage over the decades and which Airbus sites of today link to that history. So what has our project and the Mosquito got to do with this?
Well, our donor aircraft RL249 was one of the last batch of Mosquitoes built for the RAF and this contract was completed in 1948 in Broughton, which is now Airbus Chester! Adding to this, Airbus Heritage sponsors us as their no.1 UK heritage project, as our Mossies composite manufacture is the grandparent of today’s Airbus satellite and aircraft wing technology coming through.
John Lilley, Chairman and Steve Manning, Commercial Director attended the heritage corner for the whole show.
For the project, it was a great success, as we met many aviation companies and their senior representatives.
A rich hunting ground for further sponsorships, and I am pleased to say we have a lot of follow-up work and conversations to work on! Everyone we spoke to loved the project and putting a test piece of fuselage or wing rib in the visitor’s hands had people amazed at the brilliance of the Mossie!
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