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• 21 public computers
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• colour printing
• scanner
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• fax service
• DVDs, CDs, video games, audio books
• room hire
• exhibition facilities

• hearing loop
• magnifier available
• text reader
• wheelchair accessible toilet
• baby changing facilities
• parking available, 3 designated bays for Blue Badge holders.
• wheelchair access to building
• lift to first floor
• Shopmobility available nearby

The Aviation Collection consists of over 5000 books, pamphlets, directories and yearbooks. A donation from QinetiQ in Farnborough added material from the early days of aviation, especially technical manuals and reports, and stock from the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough.

Ten current aviation periodicals are stocked

• Aeronautical Journal
• Aeroplane
• Aerospace International
• Air International
• Aviation News
• Aircraft Illustrated
• Aviation Week & Space Technology
• Flight International
• Sailplane & Gliding

The journal collection includes many back files from the 1970s to date with a few earlier runs including some from the 1930s.

There are news cuttings files, videos and a small collection of photographs and postcards. In recent years the focus of the collection has been British civil aviation and RAF history, but the collection is still strong in other areas such as world aviation, early aviation history, the story of individual aircraft such as the Spitfire or Concorde.

There are also memoirs from wartime pilots and histories of the development of the RAE/DERA at Farnborough itself. Information is also available on the biennial Farnborough International Air Show

The majority of the collection is for reference use, but loans are possible in some circumstances.