This was our first visit to the Wings Museum located in rural West Sussex near the village of Balcombe. Originally based at Redhill Aerodrome the museum moved to its current location about 10 years ago. It has a wonderful collection of WWII aviation artifacts arranged in themed exhibits. While there are several rare and interesting … Read more

A bright and chilly morning greeted the fourteen artists who assembled at the RAF Museum Hendon for our first sketching day of 2024 and it was a pleasure to welcome several new faces. As our ‘home base’, Hendon traditionally bookends the sketching year and it’s always good to see the changes made in their displays. … Read more

The South East Region held its last meeting of 2023 on Saturday 18th November at the RAF Museum at Hendon. Several attendees, myself included, had been looking forward to the new interwar ‘Higher, Faster, Further’ gallery but unfortunately it doesn’t open until 4th December. Some of exhibits could be glimpsed through the barriers including the … Read more

We hadn’t been to the de Havilland museum for way too long. Since our last visit the museum has undergone a transformation. The Mosquito Hanger remains the home to three Mosquitoes including the original prototype but there is now an impressive new hanger housing many of the other de Havilland aircraft exhibits. The larger outside … Read more