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.
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.
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum unveils remarkable Lightning simulator flight machine
A new Lightning flight simulator soon to be unveiled at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum has thrilled test pilots.
Team of volunteer designers build flying star of new Museum of Science and Industry gallery
A replica of the Manchester-designed first enclosed cockpit monoplane will become a star draw at the Revolution gallery.
Was your grandma a Spitfire pilot? Maidenhead Museum launches search for ATA veterans
Maidenhead Heritage Centre & Museum is setting up a dedicated Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) Research Centre and is looking for information about the pilots and personnel who ferried Spifires,......
World's largest helicopter lands at Helicopter Museum
Major components from the only Boeing Heavy Lift Helicopter ever made have gone on display at the Helicopter Museum in Weston Super Mare.
Replica of 100 year old Triplane hits the runway at RAF Woodvale
MOSI brought aviation history to life this week by attempting to fly a replica of a Triplane, based on the 100 year old designs of A.V. Roe.
Ewan McGregor visits a flying legend at Imperial War Museum Duxford
Film star Ewan McGregor visited the Imperial War Museum Duxford this week to see his cinematic co-star, the Lockheed Electra plane, from his upcoming film about the aviator Amelia Earhart.
Museum of Flight at East Fortune uncovers its own history
An exhibition at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland provides a journey through East Fortune airfield at different times in history and reveals how the airfield functioned through two world......
