Tech Fest 17th September 2017 @ Stow Maries Tech Fest will be held at Stow Maries on 17th September 2017 A whole variety of young and old technology will be available for you and your children to interact with. The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust will have it’s BE2 on display and you can have […]
Wings and Words @ Stow Maries Sunday 3rd September Twenty missions we flown last Sunday (27th) on our WW1 Flight Simulator aka The Rocking Nacelle, complete with Virtual Reality 3-D Visuals. Come and join us at Stow on Sunday 3rd September for Wings and Words and try your hand at flying a virtual SE5a. Wings […]
WW1 Flight Simulator aka the Rocking Nacelle Project Lanoe was a WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2016 for the Trust based at Stow Maries in Essex to work with local partner colleges and organisations to design and build a WW1 flight simulator – known at the time of […]
Those Magnificent Men (4) – The Journey Back to the Somme ,dmflkjvblkdrsnvz. … . Our ground party reported later that the poppies sailed over Prince Charles at about 50 ft and those that did not land in the Cemetery landed in the nearby field where many of the NZ fallen lie in unmarked graves. There […]
Both aircraft start first time with the BE2 on a prop swing and the Albatros on the Magneto exciter and we are off. We have just 5 minutes to get to Caterpillar Valley Cemetery for the NZ Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme. We have been briefed to be at the holding point to […]
On his way to join us at Albert is Keith Skilling flying the Albatros DVa. Another Kiwi paying his respects to his forbears with a similar number of hours. Keith’s flying career started in the RNZAF in Vietnam and he is one of two Kiwis cleared to fly the Mosquito. Albert is home to the […]
At the start of the Battle of Somme on the 1st July 2016, some 400 Be2s are shown on the posted strength of the Royal Flying Corps. Long past their sell by date and their initial deployment with the British Expeditionary Force in Aug 1914, and soon to be earning their spurs against the Zeppelins […]
Keep TVAL’s SOPWITH SNIPE IN ENGLAND (2) F2367 was built to its 1917 specification by the Vintage Aviator Ltd in New Zealand in 2011. It is faithful to its original design in every respect as shown in the video above where you will see evidence of their world beating craftsmanship. TVAL and the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust’s […]
I have always been fascinated by the Battle of the Somme, and have wanted to visit the battleground for years. Little did I know that this centenary year, I would have the opportunity to go there, but via one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. My day job is as a wildlife […]
