Horrible Histories: Up in the Air Adventure

Experience the (sometimes gruesome) history of flight in our fully interactive experience for the whole family this summer holiday.

The De Havilland Aircraft Company

Aviation Pioneer

Salamandrine Fire

In this last of his Sopwith blogs, Julian Hale examines the development of the ground-attack Sopwith Salamander

RAeS BWC February 2022 lecture

This brand new lecture by world renowned piston engine expert Calum E. Douglas guides the audience through the 1930's and the wartime period.

Harriers over Falklands

The BAe Harrier will always be associated with the Falklands War, now 40 years ago.

Post War

World War II

Hatfield

Photographs

Louis Blériot and the first Channel crossing

On 25 July 1909, Louis Blériot was the first human to cross the English Channel by aeroplane

Return to a Liberated Country

A short history of RAF bomb disposal

Bomb disposal has developed a great deal since the first wars. Some things, however, have changed little. Ewan Burnet, Curator of Film, explains.

Seconds Count

Flying boats over the Northern Isles

Between 1917 and 1918 British flying boats based in the Orkney and Shetland Islands hunted U-Boats preying on merchant shipping.