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Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum (F.A.S.T.) is located at Farnborough in Hampshire, immediately adjacent to Farnborough Airfield, on the A325 Farnborough Road.
The museum has a collection of aircraft, satellites, simulators, wind tunnel and Royal Aircraft Establishment-related material.
History
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (F.A.S.T.) was founded in 1993 to safeguard Farnborough's priceless aeronautical heritage.
No other single location in the world has contributed so much to the development of aeronautical science over such a long period of time as Farnborough. From the first airborne cameras and flying clothing to high altitude 'space suits', night vision aids, head-up cockpit displays and the first carbon fibre experiments - the list of Farnborough's aerospace contributions is endless.
The Farnborough Museum presents a selection from the FAST collection in the setting of a historic listed building. The Museum building dates from 1908 and was built as the headquarters of the Royal Engineers Balloon School. It is superbly located on a hill overlooking the runway of Fanborough Airfield - so modern planes can be seen in the air as well as historic planes on display in and around the Museum building.
In the Museum you can see photographs and exhibits from the early years of aviation and important pieces of aviation history, like Sir Frank Whittle's earliest jet engines, a full size replica of the Cody Flyer and research models of Concorde.
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