by John Veall | Jul 25, 2026 | Blog, News
The Sopwell Knitters recently completed a post box topper of the iconic wartime aircraft, the de Havilland Mosquito. Its dozen or so members meet every Monday at the White Lion in St Albans. Steve Thompson, a volunteer at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum,...
by John Veall | Jul 22, 2026 | Blog, News
We’re often privileged to receive some quite remarkable visitors to the Museum, all with a unique and special link to the de Havilland story. Non more so than 100-year-old Stanley Hills who – along with family members – recently visited from his home at...
by John Veall | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, News
The restored port lower wing of our DH89A Dragon Rapide G-AKDW has now been attached to the fuselage in the Geoffrey de Havilland Hangar at the Museum. Following work carried out over many years, we are now getting closer to completion,
by John Veall | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, News
February 2026 saw the first flight of the DH 53 Hummingbird in over 90 years. After a couple of ‘hops’ that day the team were informed it was only meant to do taxiing, as not all the correct paperwork had been submitted. Then in June a genuine flight was...
