 | 1st Mar 2003 | Air Livery
In early 2003 Air Livery set up a respray shop in the East Bay of the main hangars at Filton, vacated by Aviation Services in 2002. The bay is generally used to respray wide-bodied airliners, while smaller aircraft are painted at their Southend base. The bay is in constant use, with everything from a Dubai Goverment Boeing 747 to a preserved Supermarine Scimitar passing through.
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 | 1st Jan 1996
to 31st Dec 2003 | Airbus A.300 cargo conversions
In 1996, Aviation Services began a series of conversions of Airbus A.300's from passenger to cargo configuration. In all, 39 aircraft were converted, the last one flying out of Filton in December 2001.
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 | 26th Mar 2007
to 30th Mar 2007 | Airbus A.380 visit - March 2007
From 26th to 30th March 2007, and Airbus A.380 (F-WWDD) was based at Filton for fuel performance trials. Its arrival was the first time an A380 had landed at Filton.
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 | 4th Apr 2007 | Airbus Beluga
The wings for the Airbus A400M miltary transport are designed and built at Filton. Final assembly of the A400M is done by CASA at Seville, in Southern Spain. The wings are transported to Spain in one of Airbuses fleet of Beluga aircraft. The aircraft are based on the Airbus A.300 airliner, but have a greatly enlarged fuselage to carry wings and other large components around Europe.
On 4th April 2007 a Beluga visited Filton to try out the new wing load site, and on 11th April the first set of wings were uploaded.
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 | 1st Jan 1990 | Aviation Services maintenance/storage
For around ten years - from 1992 to 2002, Aviation Services, a division of British Aerospace, ran maintenance and overhaul facilities for Airbus A.300, A.310, A.320, BAe 146 and occasionally other types. This lead to many exotic airliners visiting Filton.
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 | 26th Nov 2003 | Concorde 216 - G-BOAF
This collection includes photos of Concorde 216 - G-BOAF, which arrived at Filton on 26th November 2003, the last ever flight of a Concorde.
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 | 10th Jul 2004 | Filton Families Day 2004
The theme of the Families Day was 100 years of Rolls Royce, and many RR-powered aircraft were in the display.
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 | 23rd Jun 2001 | Friends and Families Day
Photographs taken during the Friends and Families day 2001, and open day at Filton.
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 | 1st Jun 2003 | MK Airlines
In June 2003, MK Airlines moved into the centre bay of the main hangars at Filton. The bay is used for maintenance of their fleet of DC-8s and Boeing 747s.
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 | 1st Jan 2004 | Regular Visitors
This collection covers aircraft which are seen at Filton on a regular basis.
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 | 1st Jan 1990 | Residents
Resident and based aircraft at Filton through the years - airworthy and non-airworthy
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 | 8th Oct 2004 | VC-10 at Filton
The VC-10 has had a long association with Filton. Some VC-10 parts were built at Filton, but the biggest link to Filton was the conversion of ex-Airline VC-10s to tankers for the RAF. There were two contracts, the first in the early 1980's for a batch of nine ex Gulf Air and East African Airways VC-10s, which were converted to K.2's and K.3's. The second was for a batch of 5 ex-British Airways Super VC-10s in the early 1990's, which were converted to K.4's.
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 | 7th Apr 2004 | Visitors
Visiting aircraft at Filton Airfield
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 | 7th Apr 2004 | Z Bristol Survivors - Blenheims and Bolingbrokes
A crucial aircraft in the early years of World War 2 was the Bristol Blenheim. The Mk.I first flew in 1935, and over 6,000 were built in total. The only complete original Blenheim is in Finland, although there are a few wrecks in museums. All the rest are Canadian-built Bolingbrokes. Many of these survived after the second world war, as they were sold to local farmers for spares. These survived many years of Canadian winters, but most have now made it to museums, or have been placed in storage.
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