HRH Prince Edward visited WAHT at Stow Maries, to learn about how the two organisations are working together to bring a WW1 Aerodrome and WW1 Aircraft to the public. The aircraft declined to start despite deploying from Bicester the previous week without a hitch. Both BEs have now been serviced and their inspection documents have […]
WW1 Airfield, Stow Maries has received £1.5m from the Chancellor in the latest budget so now the CGI of the last 6 years is in real danger of becoming a reality. Watch this space!
HELP GET OUR WW1 AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE IN 2015 – BACK OUR KICKSTARTER PROJECT The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust (WAHT) are delighted to announce that over the winter they have worked diligently to develop an exciting programme of events for 2015 which will encompass the use of their current aircraft and the introduction of some new aeroplanes. […]
Further media coverage of our event to celebrate the life of JA Liddell MC VC. http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/11641606.Fly_past_is_tribute_to_WW1_pilot/?ref=mr
Lots of snipers, our guns shelled some of the farms in German lines in afternoon. Still dreadfully cold. Notice I forgot the Battalion’s effort at P’loogstiert Wood. Night attack on German lines. 130 missing, also B. Marshall, Cunningham, Macpherson, Sotheby, wounded. Hutchinson arrived.
Bicester – November 2014 The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust (WAHT) is delighted to announce the establishment of its new base at Bicester Heritage (BH), the former RAF station that is now the United Kingdom’s unique business park dedicated to the use, preservation and restoration of historic vehicles and aircraft. The first aircraft touched the grass […]
In WW1, the Royal Navy was charged with home defence which included protecting the United Kingdom from the Zeppelin threat. With a culture of aggressive defence that perhaps would not be possible today, the Royal Naval Air Service encouraged by Winston Churchill decided to deal with the problem at source. However, they did not have […]
Ray Rimell has published another Data File of unique interest to WAHT followers – the BE2e at War. Read all about the the genesis and development of the BE2 through World War 1. See many close up images of the 2 WAHT BE2es that have been operated in UK by TVAL this year. […]
WAHT would like to thank Lord March and his staff (Rob Wildeboer and Jeremy Warren in particular) for their fabulous hospitality and wonderful organisation at the Revival. Everything was perfect last weekend from the weather, to the frequent visits of the BBMF and the 2 Lancasters, and to the amazing cars. We had a constant stream of visitors […]
An extract from the diary Capt Smith of 2 Sqn RFC for 10th Apr 1915 graphically depicts the challenges of getting a BE2 across the Channel in the early days of World War 1: “Weather did not clear until yesterday. It was still cloudy this morning but we decided to cross if possible after lunch. […]
