Another look back into the archives of 2021 and another visit that hasn't been giving a full report as yet. Originally booked in for November 2020, inevitable delays and changing of lockdown rules eventually meant I was able to enjoy a return to the Heritage Hangar for the first time since December 2019. At that … Continue reading 2021 Retrospective – Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar May 2021
As the lockdown restrictions are slowly lifted across England, this coming weekend will see a number of aviation museums open for the first time since lockdown, in many cases the first time in 2020. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/50066263867/in/dateposted/ One such museum is the Kent Battle of Britain Museum at Hawkinge. The museum has been featured on this page … Continue reading Warbird People: He 111 Reborn – Kent Battle Of Britain Museum
Across the country and the world we are adapting to a slightly different way of life at the moment. While we are all quite rightly spending a lot more time inside, in my case rather than going out to look at aeroplanes, I wanted to try and bring some stories to this blog from around … Continue reading Museum Update: Heinkel Project HE 111 at Hawkinge
Always a favourite stop off on a drive down to the west country, the Army Flying Museum at Middle Wallop tells the story of, as the name suggests, British Army aviation. While a great deal of this story is told by rotary wing types, there are a number of interesting fixed wing machines and gliders … Continue reading Army Flying Museum -Update February 2020
There are few names in aviation as iconic as that of de Havilland. From historic trainers to fighters, right through to the first commercial jet airliner, the company have been involved in all of it. Without a doubt the most impressive collection of de Havilland types and the company's story has always been the de … Continue reading de Havilland Aircraft Museum Re-Opening – 16th February 2020
My first warbird outing of 2019 came around a little quicker than usual with my second Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar tour. I last visited in December 2018 so was looking forward to seeing what had changed in the last 12 months or so. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/49404934451/in/photostream/ The hangar tour really is a great experience with very knowledgeable … Continue reading Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Visit – January 2019
A key part of the impressive reserve collection housed at the Center is the remarkable collection of captured Luftwaffe machines from WW2. You know its an impressive collection when the most common airframes are an ME163 and Fw190! https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/49244245502/in/photostream/ The ME163 Comet is in incredible condition appearing to more of less have been left "as … Continue reading MUSEUM PROFILE: STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER PART 2 – Luftwaffe Collection
The final museum of my recent US trip was handily placed on the airport boundary that my flight home would be departing from in a few hours time. I spent four hours wandering around the museum soaking in the atmosphere that is something like no other. This was my third visit to the museum and … Continue reading Museum Profile: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Part 1 – WW1 and Interwar Years
Unsurprisingly, being the capital the United States, Washington DC is home to a wide array of historic aircraft and great museums. The central point of this is of course the National Air and Space Museum. The museum has two sites, one in the city and another out at Dulles Airport (the Udvar-Hazy centre). While the … Continue reading Museum Profiles: Washington DC
The final West Coast museum I managed to visit back in October was the March AFB. This is positioned on the edge of the March AFB which is home to a number of C-17 Globemasters and C-5 Galaxies and has a wonderful collection of WW2 and Post WW2 machines, including a number of large transport … Continue reading Museum Profile: March AFB
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