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
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Museum Update: Heinkel Project HE 111 at Hawkinge
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
RAF Museum Hendon Battle Of Britain Hall September 2016
In September last year I attended the excellent "Their Finest Hour" event at RAF Museum Hendon. This saw unprecedented access to all of the Battle Of Britain collection aircraft. This group of aircraft is unique in the world in telling such a clear story of an important period of the second world war. As you can … Continue reading RAF Museum Hendon Battle Of Britain Hall September 2016
RAF Museum Hendon – “Our Finest Hour” 14th September 2015
I can’t think of many more apt ways to spend the eve of Battle of Britain day and one of the biggest aerial commemoration of the Battle than unhindered access to arguably the most significant collection of complete aircraft of the era. Following on from building success of the Open Cockpit evenings at both sites … Continue reading RAF Museum Hendon – “Our Finest Hour” 14th September 2015
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