Historic Flying Limited

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rdf:langString The Aircraft Restoration Company (formally Historic Flying Limited) is a British company that specialises in the restoration and new-build of Supermarine Spitfires and other historic aircraft. It is based at the former RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire, UK. The company was founded in the late 1980s to restore five Spitfires to flying condition; these had been "gate guardians" at Royal Air Force stations. Since then, over 30 Spitfires have been restored or built from scratch - using salvaged parts where available - or restored. This is said to be a third of the Spitfires that are now airworthy. The organisation have also completed major maintenance work on the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight aircraft, for which the Stephenson Hangar was purpose built. The latest of this work included the minor maintenance of the BBMF's Avro Lancaster which was completed at the end of Summer 2021. The Aircraft Restoration Company operates and maintains the largest number of Spitfires and Hurricane's in the world. ARCo specialise the in the major and minor maintenance of the RAF BBMF aircraft, including Avro Lancaster, DC-3 Dakota and De Havilland Chipmunks. The company now uses its expertise to also offer experience flights in its historic aircraft, through their in-house team Aerial Collective Duxford.