Classic Air Force

CAF was the public face of The Classic Aircraft Trust, which was set up in 2012 specifically to manage the preservation and museum activities.

A new type was added to the pleasure-flying fleet in May 2015, the de Havilland Dove, more commonly known as the Devon in Royal Air Force (RAF) service.

[3][4] Between 2012 and 2013 the main base was at Coventry Airport which was primarily the organisation's maintenance and restoration location, but since April 2014 it was also open to the public at weekends, with free admission.

Between 2013 and March 2015 the main base was transferred to Newquay Cornwall Airport, in the 70,000 square foot Hangar 404 capable of housing 25 of the trust's aircraft.

During the latter part of March it was announced that the Newquay section was to be closed down during 2015 and the designation of main base was moved back to Coventry.

Classic Air Force began operations at the original Coventry base on 2 May 2015, when they had a specially-organized airshow, called "Airbase gets Airborne".

In the summer of 2015 it was announced that the founder Mike Collett was to retire and that Classic Air Force would be closed down with the sale of all of the trust's aircraft and facilities by the early months of 2016.