Antique, classic, heritage, historic, veteran orvintage aircraft are aircraft of an obsolete type which have been preserved beyond their normal life. Their owners are typicallyaviation museums, armed forces or private enthusiasts. Sometimes they may be maintained in anairworthy condition so that they can be flown atair displays or on public occasions.

For example, theBattle of Britain Memorial Flight maintained by the United Kingdom'sRoyal Air Force (RAF) consists of RAF aircraft fromWorld War II, and regularly takes part in official celebrations, such as itsflypast at thewedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011—over 65 years after the aircraft were constructed. The oldest airworthy aircraft in 2016 was a 1909Blériot XI in theShuttleworth Collection.^[1]

Organizations devoted to such aircraft include theAntique Airplane Association, theHistoric Aircraft Association and theVintage Aircraft Association.

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• David Davies; Mike Vines (1997),Antique and Classic Aircraft, Octopus Publishing Group,ISBN 978-1-85152-815-8
• Ric Gillespie (2011), "Historic aircraft and spacecraft",A Companion to Cultural Resource Management, John Wiley and Sons,ISBN 978-1-4443-9605-8
• Leslie Hunt (1978),Veteran and Vintage Aircraft, Scribner,ISBN 978-0-684-14895-3

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