Virtual Lecture – Dam Buster: Barnes Wallis, An Engineer’s Life

On Thursday 19th September 2024 at 6.00pm, Richard Morris will discuss the life and legacy of Barnes Wallis.

Multi-Engine Training

RAF Museum Spitfire receives Engineering Heritage Award

The Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 K9942 displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands has been presented with a prestigious ‘Engineering Heritage Award’ by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).

Lunchtime Lecture (London): Building Engines for War

On Tuesday 23rd April 2024 at 12pm, Dr Edward Young will explore British and American wartime production.

Comet Engines

Merlin Engine Demonstration

A Little Engine Trouble

Engineering Apprentice

The Museum is looking for an Engineering Apprentice.

RAF Museum Spitfire receives Engineering Heritage Award

D-Day Memories: Lieutenant David Hamlyn Thomas and the 591 Antrim Airborne Squadron Royal Engineers

This blog tells the D-Day story of Lieutenant DH Thomas of 591 Antrim Airborne Squadron Royal Engineers, as told by his son - Museum volunteer Guy.

Trenchard Lectures in Air Power: Mass Production Methods, the Aircraft Engine and the Second World War

Edward Young, currently undertaking a PhD at Kings College London in collaboration the RAF Museum, discusses mass production methods of aircraft engines in the Second World War

Virtual Lecture – Sir Barnes Wallis: Engineer Extraordinaire and Father of Myths

At 6.00pm on Thursday 20 July 2023, Dr. Iain Murray will lecture on Barnes Wallis and the myths surrounding him.

Engine – Daimler Benz DB610

24-cylinder double-vee inverted in-line piston engine, retaining part of engine nacelle. Consists of two DB 605 engines joined together.

Engine – Bristol Hercules 763

14-cylinder radial piston engine, sectioned to show moving parts.

Engine – Blackburn Cirrus II

After taking over the Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Company Limited in 1937, the first engine to be designed and built at the Blackburn works at Brough in Yorkshire, was the Cirrus Minor.