Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Congratulations to AHUK Members Ulster Aviation Society and Morayvia. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK, the MBE for voluntary groups. The awards for Ulster Aviation Society near Belfast and Morayvia...
Brooklands Museum Wins Coveted Museums + Heritage Award

Brooklands Museum Wins Coveted Museums + Heritage Award

Brooklands Museum in Surrey has won the prestigious Museums and Heritage Award for Permanent Exhibition, seeing off stiff competition from some major national institutions such as the Science Museum Group and Natural History Museum. The award was announced at a gala...
All Party Parliamentary Group – Aviation Heritage

All Party Parliamentary Group – Aviation Heritage

Representatives from the UK’s network of heritage museums and vintage flying associations have met with parliamentarians at Westminster for the first meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group’s (APPG) new heritage aviation working group. The formation of the new...
£1.9 Million HLF Grant

£1.9 Million HLF Grant

The Heritage Lottery Fund awards £1.9million grant to the DE Havilland Aircraft Museum Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of nearly £2 million to the “de Havilland Aircraft Museum in the 21st Century...
Aviation Heritage Awards

Aviation Heritage Awards

The 2017 Aviation Heritage awards, which attracted over 30 nominations, were presented at the 50th anniversary meeting by BAPC/AHUK President Tony Edwards. The individual award was won by John Sharpe, Chairman of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection for his...
Aviation Heritage UK

Aviation Heritage UK

The British Aviation Preservation Council became Aviation Heritage UK during the 50th anniversary meeting at the RAF Museum Cosford on Saturday 28th October 2017, fifty years to the day that the organisation was formed. The change of name better reflects the aims and...