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220th AHUK Members Meeting and AGM
AHUK AGM and Members Meeting Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum, Tinwald Downs Rd, Dumfries DG1 3PH Speakers Include: David Reid and Bob Sloan, Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum Dr Iain Murray on Barnes Wallis and Highball Drew McGookin and John May,...
219th AHUK Members Meeting
The 219th Members Meeting in will be held at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in Doncaster. The meeting include the stories of H2S Ground Surveillance Radar and the Gee Radio Navigation System, Presentations by South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum and new Members, and...
Aviation Heritage Awards 2022 – The Winners
Many great nominations for the 2022 Aviation Heritage UK Awards have been received and the winners were announced at our 217th Member's meeting at Hooton Park on 15th October 2022 by AHUK Chairman Allan Winn The three main categories are: Individual of the Year...
2022 Awards entries open
Entries for AHUK’s annual awards are open now, and will close on 31st August. Entries for the Individual of the Year and Group of the Year, and nominations for Lifetime Achievement Awards, can be made by simple letter to secretary@aviationheritageuk.org , including a...
Roger Smith
We are sorry to report the death of Roger Smith, founder of the Midland Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) and long-term leading light in the Midland Aircraft Museum. Roger was a 19-year-old Dunlop apprentice when, in May 1967, he founded MAPS, one of the very early...
Over and above
It is notable that somebody on the fringes of AHUK should receive a lifetime achievement award. Brian Riddle, Chief Librarian at the RAeS National Aerospace Library was made redundant in 2020 having served 36 years serving aviation heritage across the sector. Peter...
Tornado moves indoors
Bicester to Boscombe Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum Tornado GR.1 relocated on 4th November 2021 Moved safely by JARTS, it's great news that it is going to be undercover and in good hands. First flew 1979 before retired in 2001 to St Athan, thence to Bicester on...
Flint Gets Trophy
Ian Flint, Chief Executive Officer of Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome Trust, was recently presented with AHUK’s Individual of the Year Trophy for 2020 by Chairman Allan Winn. The handover of the award in person had been held over from last year because of Covid...
Change of aircraft ownership at Newark
Pre-Christmas News For Newark Air Museum - Shackleton & Vulcan Ownership Changes An agreement has been reached between Newark Air Museum (NAM) and the Lincolnshire’s Lancaster Association (LLA), that has resulted in the ownership of the Avro Shackleton, WR977 and...
New Chairman for AHUK
Following the sad news about Robert Pleming's sudden death last week, Vice Chairman Allan Winn has been appointed as Chairman. Allan Winn holds a degree in Mechanical (Aeronautical) Engineering and a post-graduate Diploma in Journalism, both from the University of...
Robert Pleming
Dr Robert William Pleming – FRAeS MIET MBCS CITP 16th April 1951 – 2nd February 2021 Robert Pleming was born and brought up in north-west London. His lifelong interest in aviation received an early boost when, as a Cadet at the age of seventeen, he was awarded an RAF...
Urgent Action Needed to Save Unique Blackburn Beverley From Being Scrapped
The sole remaining example of one of the Royal Air Force’s most important transport aircraft, the Blackburn Beverley, is at risk of being scrapped. Aviation Heritage UK’s Chairman, Dr Robert Pleming, is calling for urgent action to save this unique aircraft for the...