Miscellaneous Photos
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Delta Golf's Construction:
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Delta Golf's forward fuselage at BAC Weybridge during the early 1970s
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Delta Golf's rear fuselage and tail fin at BAC Weybridge during the early 1970s
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Delta Golf's cockpit section under construction at BAC Weybridge
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Delta Golf's forward fuselage prior to it being joined to the cockpit section
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The main sections of Delta Golf being assembled at Filton during the early 1970s
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Delta Golf's Operational Life:
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Delta Golf flying in formation with the Red Arrows during the early 1980s
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Delta Golf departs from Farnborough in the early 1970s
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Delta Golf departs from Farnborough in the early 1970s - note the Concorde Fatigue Test Facility in the background
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Delta Golf lands at the 1976 Farnborough Airshow
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Delta Golf at the 1976 Farnborough Airshow
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Delta Golf at the 1976 Farnborough Airshow
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Delta Golf in flight during 1975
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Delta Golf in flight during the late 1970s
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DG landing at Doha in Qatar in 1974
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Delta Golf during an integration test at Heathrow airport during the 1970s
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Delta Golf takes off for a test flight
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Filton, 24th December 1981 - Delta Golf takes off on her last ever flight
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Filton, 24th December 1981 - Delta Golf makes her last ever landing
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Delta Golf's cockpit as it was during the 1970s flight test programme
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Delta Golf's retirement at Filton:
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Delta Golf in storage at Filton - 25th October 2002
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Delta Golf in storage at Filton - 25th October 2002
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Delta Golf in storage at Filton - 25th October 2002
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Delta Golf in storage at Filton - 25th October 2002
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Delta Golf in storage at Filton - 25th October 2002
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Delta Golf inside a "Dri-Clad" bag
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The port outer wing, the nose gear doors and the tail cones on a low loader ready for the trip to Brooklands
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Lorries carrying the forward wings, the engine intakes and the tail fin ready to depart for Brooklands
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Delta Golf during the Filton families day - June 1987
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Delta Golf outside the '202' hangar prior to the removal of the tail fin
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Delta Golf on the apron at Filton - May 2004
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Delta Golf - minus forward wings, droop nose, tail cone and tail fin - sitting on the tarmac at Filton waiting for ASI to start cutting her up
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Delta Golf - minus forward wings, droop nose, tail cone and tail fin - sitting on the tarmac at Filton waiting for ASI to start cutting her up
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The forward fuselage being lifted by a crane and moved onto the back of a low loader
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DG's center fuselage section - minus the port wing - sits on wooden sleepers at Filton
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Delta Golf at Brooklands:
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Delta Golf's forward fuselage arrives at Brooklands - 5th May 2004
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The starboard outer wing arrives at Brooklands
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Delta Golf's tail fin being unloaded from the lorry at Brooklands
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Delta Golf's centre fuselage arrives at Brooklands - 4th June 2004
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Museum Director Alan Winn cracks open the bubbly to celebrate the arrival of Delta Golf at Brooklands. Alongside him are members of the original BAC flight test team
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Delta Golf Models:
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Surrey University's DG model
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Surrey University's DG model
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Surrey University's DG model
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An excellent 1:87 scale model made by Andy McCabe of DG's centre fuselage section loaded on the flatbed trailer
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An excellent 1:87 scale model made by Andy McCabe of DG's centre fuselage section loaded on the flatbed trailer
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Photographs Copyright © *unknown, **Simon Fenwick, ***Ross Kelway, ^Arthur Gibson,
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