04 Dec R.J Mitchell for the £50 Note
From 2020, a new polymer £50 note will begin to circulate throughout Britain for the first time. This new ‘plastic’ note is being introduced to prevent fraud, be more durable...
05 Oct Spitfire Simulator
We recently visited our friends at the Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum to try out their Spitfire simulator. Based on Spitfire TB752, one the few remaining Spitfire’s with...
26 Sep Archie McInnes flies again!
On 5th September at Biggin Hill, 99-year-old World War Two Hurricane pilot Archie McInnes, took to the skies of Kent once again....
04 Apr RAF 100 at Biggin Hill – 1st April 2018
He was just 19 when he joined the RAF in 1940. Now 96, Squadron Leader Allan Scott DFM returned to Biggin Hill to take to the skies once again in...
28 Mar Auntie June visits the hangar…
When Auntie June first went to the RAF recruiting office to enrol, she chose at once to be trained as a flight mechanic. “There was no point in being in...
21 Mar Spitfire wings: light, strong and fast
Spitfire wings are very large and dominate the silhouette of the aircraft with their elliptical characteristics. They are also light and strong and very thin for their day when compared...