Aviation Museum News
Bristol Hercules Engine Runs in Former RAF Base for the First Time Since WWII
A rebuilt Hercules engine in a rig demonstrated at Thunder Day event at the museum with the only reconstructed Halifax in the world. […]
Handley Page Halifax
Aviation Museum News
D-Day 80: Yorkshire Air Museum Unveils New Theme for 2024-2025
The Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) has announced the launch of “Elvington 44/45 – The Fight for Liberty”, a site-wide exhibition that spans one of the most momentous 12 months in modern history. Over the last […]
Aviation Museum News
RAF Museum Donates Hastings’ Wing to Canadian Halifax Project
The RAF Museum at Hendon has donated a right-hand outer wing panel from a Handley Page Hastings to the Bomber Command Museum of Canada’s ”Halifax Project.” The donor wing section came from an HP Hastings […]
Warbirds News
Handley Page Halifax Discovered in Norwegian Fjord
A research team from the Marine Technology Center at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway has discovered the sunken wreck of an RAF Handley Page Halifax under roughly 180m of water […]
Warbird Restorations
Canadian Halifax Project Seeks to Resurrect Planes, from Parts if Necessary
Karl Kjarsgaard is a man on a mission. He is presently combing the globe for pieces and parts to resurrect one, or possibly two Handley Page Halifax bombers. Wing sections and landing gear from the […]
British Attack Over German Territory
On March 6th 1944 the Lancasters and Halifax’s of Bomber Command began an offensive against the German transport network in occupied Europe, attacking railway yards in France. The Avro Lancaster became the most effective heavy […]
Aviation Museum News
London Imperial War Museum Renovation Brings Notable Aircraft to Duxford
The British Imperial War Museums (IWM) held a free admission day at their Duxford Airfield branch in Cambridgeshire, England which saw large crowds in attendance to commemorate Armistice Day. Visitors had the opportunity to see […]