The Merlin is running…
Our 1943 Halifax Rolls Royce Merlin engine from Halifax JD150 which was recovered from a bog in Germany in 2010 is up and running successfully, This will be a unique […]
Podcast – What’s New For 2020…?
In this episode we catch up with Daniel Hunt and George Chatwin to hear what has been happening at Wings over the Winter, and what is new and on display […]
Podcast – Update – Ongoing Aircraft Restoration Projects
As work continues behind the scenes at Wings Museum, we catch up with George Chatwin for an update on the museum’s various ongoing aircraft restoration projects. Aircraft discussed include: BAC […]
Podcast – Lilly Bell II – 75 years since the C47 crashed near Guildford
To mark the 75th Anniversary of “Lilly Bell II”, a USAAF C47, crashing at Jacobs Well near Guildford in Surrey, we meet at the memorial plaque near the crash site […]
Podcast – RAF Kenley – “Voices from the Past” guided walk – Part 2
Concluding our “Voices from the Past” tour of RAF Kenley with Kenley Revival’s Legacy Officer, Linda Duffield. Many thanks to Linda and the team for their assistance and enthusiasm. Visit […]
Podcast – RAF Kenley – “Voices from the Past” guided walk
In this edition we take a short trip from the museum up the M23 to join the Kenley Revival team for the first part of a guided walk around RAF […]
Podcast – Chat with Basil Goldstraw, WWII groundcrew with No. 75 (NZ) Squadron
An unexpected but always most welcome visitor to the museum, in this edition we chat with Basil Goldstraw who served as a fitter with No 75 New Zealand Squadron during […]
Podcast – Why visit the Wings Museum?
In this episode of the Wings Museum podcast we speak to visitor Mike O’Neill about why he has brought his walking group, the ‘Old Dogs’, to see the museum’s Dakota, […]
Podcast – Remembering crew of Handley Page Hampden AE244 in Belgium
In this episode we catch up with museum co-curator Daniel Hunt and talk about the museum’s new six day a week opening times, what’s new in the museum, and what […]
Podcast – Radio Sets of World War Two
In this episode we talk about the museum’s collection of wartime radio equipment and the challenges of restoring them to working order, and then keeping them there!