Both BE2es have now been certified by the NZ CAA and placed in a container. They are expected in UK on 7 June. In the down time they have now been painted one in 7 Squadron colours in honour of the Squadron’s Centenary on 1 May 2014 and the other in 37 Squadron colours […]
One of the two BE2es at Masterton NZ prior to airtesting. The Oliver Wulff aircraft will be in 7 Squadron colours as flown by Captain Horace Webb Bowen. The second aircraft which will be a 37 Squadron aircraft A2767 flew from Stow Maries in 1917.
Oliver Wulff’s BE2e (above) will be flight tested this week at Hood Aerodrome Masterton in order to obtain it’s NZ CAA certification and airworthiness certificate. We are optimistic that it will be ready for shipping by mid-March and in Stow Maries 5-6 weeks later. A second BE2e is being prepared in the same timescale and will be coming to Stow Maries at […]
WAHT is happening at Stow Maries. Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome is coming back to life. The buildings are being reinstated and WAHT aircraft will be arriving soon as funding becomes available. The Aerodrome is in transition back to its former glory as the video kindly released to WAHT by Russell Savory shows! […]
WAHT and the GWS (http://www.thegreatwarsociety.com/) will be linking up together to put on displays this summer to demonstrate how the aeroplane started replacing the horse!
Oliver Wulff – a German Collector – has offered his aircraft to WAHT to be based at Stow Maries. Mr Wulff’s intention is to open a flying museum in St Augustin Hangelar (close to Cologne in German) where he has already bought a WW1 Hanger built there for his collection. The collection includes a Fokker […]
The unique prospect of having a working WW1 aerodrome at Stow Maries in Essex with WW1 aircraft based and operating from it continues to capture the imagination. Read this report in the East Anglia Daily Times
WAHT Trustee Dick Forsythe, spoke with the Malden and Burnham Standard this week about the Project. http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/10954046.He_s_Lord_of_the_Wings__The_Hobbit_director_may_help_Stow_Maries_Aerodrome/?ref=mr
Russell Savory at Stow Maries and Gene De Marco of TVAL have been having an interesting discussion about the paint scheme for the BE2 coming to Stow Maries. My study of the history of the resident Squadron at Stow Maries (No 37 Sqn) shows that the first 37 Sqn presentation aircraft were gifted to the RFC […]
