Planes and Flight
Explore Britain's aviation history with events, features, news and web resources collected from museums, archives and historic sites across the UK.
Museum of Industry honours heroes of planes and trains in packed easter programme
Medals given to Jack Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown, the men who made the first non-stop Transatlantic flight, have gone on show in an all-singing Easter at the MOSI.
David Cundall leads Burma archaeology team in search for buried World War II spitfires
The team searching for dozens of Spitfires thought to have been buried in Burma after World War II have arrived at the Yangon International Airport site.
Plane sailing for hearts, skunks and Donald Duck in Royal Air Force Museum's Nose Art
Art motifs painted onto planes by heroes flying aviation icons such as the Wellington, the Sopwith and the Halifax have gone on show at the RAF Museum Cosford.
Kiwi and Cosford experts unite to bring "critical" planes to Royal Air Force Museum
Aviation fans will get to see three amazing pre and post-war planes after an apprentice from the RAF Museum Cosford spent two months learning his trade in New Zealand.
The National Maritime Museum celebrates the work of the Search and Rescue Services
Interactive displays and installations of epic proportions help the National Maritime Museum Cornwall showcase the individuals whose job it is to head into the eye of the storm.
Team at IWM Duxford unveil restored RAF de Havilland Vampire WZ590 training jet
The newly restored aircraft is the result of a four year project by vounteers and staff at the IWM in which the Vampire was fully dismantled and restored.
AV Wroe's "birdcage on bicycle wheels" Triplane inspires playwright at MOSI
A visit to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has inspired playwright Berlie Doherty to pen a play about a World War I flyer who is drawn to the Peak District.
Mitchell's Wings commemorates RJ Mitchell's Spitfire at Museum of Army Flying
A play commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire is showing at the Museum of Army Flying.
Solway Aviation Museum of classic Cold War jets expands and launches new volunteer drive
A Cumbrian aviation museum is looking for more volunteers as it presses ahead with ambitious plans for expansion.
Watchtower built by aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White reopens at RAF Museum
A 100-year-old First World War Watchtower designed by a flying ace has been renovated and moved to the RAF Museum.
Museum of Science and Industry starts search for fruits of the loom from Rochdale revolution
Planners at MOSI's new gallery are appealing for workers from a 1950s mill which made Concorde jet parts to come forward.
Forgotten history of airships celebrated at Bedford Gallery
When the R101 crashed over France in 1930, the scale of the disaster effectively ended British production of rigid airships. A new display near the former home of the powerful crafts provides an......
Italian stallion gives the Helicopter Museum a colourful new star in Somerset-Rome handover
A green and yellow helicopter used to patrol the Italian borders since 1986 has found a new home in Weston-super-Mare.
Vic Reeves cartoon strip promotes Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum
TV comedian Vic Reeves has produced a cartoon to promote the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum in Kent.
Thousands of fans enjoy Imperial War Museum Duxford’s Battle of Britain Air Show
More than 40,000 visitors flocked to Imperial War Museum Duxford at the weekend for their Battle of Britain air show.
