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Doncaster airport started life in 1936 as an RAF base. RAF Finningley was a busy
post war airfield, and is most famous for the V-bomber period in the 1960s
with Vulcan, Valiants and Victors airport. Finningley then passed to Training
Support Command in 1977, its training role continued throughout in the next
decade. In its last years Raf Finningley was home to Hawk aircraft of No 100
Squadron but was short lived and closed in 1996. Doncaster airports most
famous resident is Vulcan XH558 which is now based at the airport in Hanger
number 3 it is situated just 7 miles from Doncaster and 25 miles from
Sheffield. The airport offers scheduled flights by Thomson Airways , Wizz air
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