The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust (WAHT) is most fortunate to have been offered help by Paul and Andrew Wood who have been working with Rolls Royce and Bentley motor cars since 1967 and have achieved world renown for their attention to detail and thus the many concourse events that their cars have won over the […]
Gene DeMarco flew both aircraft from Shuttleworth on Tuesday 14th. They will be on show at Old Warden on 18th July and 2nd August. They will then be moved to Stow Maries for the WAHT Fly In Weekend 15th/16th August. Tickets are now available for the WAHT Fly In Weekend online.Do come and join us […]
Arrangements for WAHT’s Fly In at Stow Maries on Sat 15th and Sun 16th Aug are well under way. Subject to the weather and serviceability WAHT’s BE2e, Snipe and Albatros will all fly. They will be joined by the Bristol Scout and the resident SE5a.Ross Mahoney of the RAF Museum will give a talk on […]
Flt Sub Lt ‘Rex’ Warneford left Furnes at 1:00 am on 7th June 1915 on Morane No. 3253 under orders to look for Zeppelins and attack the Berchem St Agathe Airship Shed with six 20 lb bombs. On arriving at Dixmude at 1:15 am, he observed a Zeppelin apparently over Ostend and proceeded in chase of the same. He arrived at close […]
WAHTs BE2e in 7 Squadron colours opening the show at Duxford’s recent VE Day celebrations at the end of May. The Albatros and Snipe will be arriving in UK on 5th July and will be positioned at Old Warden for their reassembly. Their first show will now be there in the British Manufacturer’s display on 18th […]
We had a great week at Stow in early May filming for a TV series. Our thanks to Arthur for the use of his Cub as the airborne chase aircraft but he enjoyed the quid pro quo. For those of you at VE Day at Duxford will have seen the BE2 in fine form at […]
Kermit Weeks was the pilot of the Albatros – long-time friend of the The Vintage Aviators Chief Pilot Gene DeMarco. TVAL provided Kermit with his own Albatros in 2012 and he has been back at Omaka this weekend to help out. He is seen here extolling the incredible work of TVAL in the Albatros as the […]
The Edelweiss marked DVa has been air-tested and is shown here on its way to Omaka this week crossing the Cook Straits. Once it has completed its debut it will be prepared for shipping and be coming to UK. We expect it in UK by June and will keep you updated on progress. It is […]
“For most conspicuous bravery on 26th April 1915, in flying to Courtrai and dropping bombs on the railway line near that station. On starting the return journey, he was mortally wounded but succeeded in flying for 35 miles to his destination, at a very low altitude, and reported the successful accomplishment of his object. He […]
Sold out weeks before the event and well-supported by locals from Bicester, the Brunch Scramble was an awesome success providing an intoxicating mixture of vintage and classic cars and aircraft. The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust is proud to be associated with Bicester Heritage and to be given the opportunity display its own late model original […]
