Virtual Lecture: Montgomery’s Functional Doctrine: the Doctrinal Development and Integration of Air Power

On Thursday 27th June 2024 at 6pm, Charles Forrester will examine the doctrinal development and integration of air power in late 1944.

Flying boats over the Heligoland Bight

Gordon Leith, Museum Librarian, describes the ingenious way in which the range of flying boats was increased during the First World War.

Special Lecture : Digging Tunnels – The Archaeology of the Great Escape

On Monday 25 March 2024 at 7.00pm, Professor Tony Pollard will discuss the archaeology of the Great Escape.

Midlands Lecture – Not Just Ultra: Bletchley Park and RAF Signals Intelligence during the Second World War

At 12.30pm on Friday 15 September, Dr Thomas Cheetham will explore Bletchley Park and RAF signals intelligence in the Second World War.

The Boer War

Test pilots

Tim Bracey traces the history of the aircraft at the RAF Museum and explores the story of the test pilots who have flown them.

I thought YOU had the dinghy pack!

Louis Blériot and the first Channel crossing

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

A Few of the First: The RFC, August 1914

A hundred years ago, four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps flew to France. This article examines the aircraft and their all-too brief service careers.

Midlands Lecture – Air and Space Power Museology: 100 Years and Counting at the National Museum of the USAF

At 12.30pm on Wednesday 7 June, Dr. Douglas Lantry will recount the past 100 year history of the National Museum of the USAF.

Royal Flying Corps Centenary

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was created by Royal Warrant on 13 April 1912 and established a month later in May.

Fog dispersal

1978

Flying Boats over the North Sea

During 1917 and 1918 RNAS and RAF flying boats played a vital part in the defence of British coastal waters.

RAeS Conference – Fallen Eagle. The Demise of the RAF’s TSR2 Nuclear Bomber

On 13 May at RAF Museum’s Midlands site, this Royal Aeronautical Society conference will review and assess the TSR2 in depth.