by John Veall | Jun 23, 2026 | Blog, News
The museum recently hosted the 72nd International Marquetry Competition. An annual event, this year’s was organised bythe St Albans Marquetry Group. Visitors from across the country attended. While most entries were from around the United Kingdom, there were a number...
by John Veall | Jun 4, 2026 | Blog, News
Bernie Vincent (left) and Martin Bull (right) reflect on their restoration of the Museum’s Airspeed Horsa glider. It is a challenging project, especially as the correct grade of plywood is both expensive and difficult to source. The particular cockpit we have at...
by John Veall | Jun 4, 2026 | Blog, News
The restored port wing of our DH89A Dragon Rapide G-AKDW is positioned ready for attachment to the fuselage in the Geoffrey de Havilland Hangar at the Museum. This is a significant milestone in the final re-assembly of this aircraft, following work carried out over...
by John Veall | Jun 1, 2026 | Blog, News
Sitting In the first-class section of the de Havilland Aircraft Museum’s Comet airliner, Babs and John Warriner joined us at the museum to look back at their combined nine decades of flying. After a career of 34 years, including working on the Comet, Babs...
