Friday Morning Talks

Join us for a talk from Vernon Creek, Access & Learning Officer at the RAF Museum. Why do you need to put things on your head when flying? On over a century of powered flight, what about headwear has changed...and what has stayed the same? Get behind the detail of protective helmets and try on some … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: ‘Flying Helmets: A Century of RAF Innovation’

Update: Please note that this talk will now be presented by Colin Brooks from the Radio Society of Harrow. In 1935, when the British Government decided it was essential to develop an early warning radar system, there was no such thing as an operational radar station anywhere in Britain. Experiments on early warning systems against hostile air attacks … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: ‘Before Radar’

Join us for a talk from navigator Captain Arthur Creighton, who will share with us his experiences in Bomber Command during the Cold War. After training as a navigator in the Royal Air Force, Creighton went on tour on Canberras in No. 1 Group Bomber Command. Subsequent training on H2S led to a tour on Strategic Reconnaissance … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: A Cold War Navigator in Bomber Command

As part of his exciting Artist in Residency week at Bentley Priory Museum, professional aviation artist Mark Postlethwaite GAvA will be giving a talk covering his thirty years of painting aircraft. During this time, Mark has flown in a variety of front line fast-jets as well as vintage aircraft such as the Fe2b and the … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Painting our Heroes

Join us for a talk from Aldon Ferguson, who, in this timely lecture to commemorate the 75th anniversary, will explore with us the history of D-Day, 6th June 1944. By Aldon Ferguson FRICS, MRAeS About Aldon Ferguson Aldon's love of all things aviation and related buildings led to him becoming one of the leading experts … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: 75th Anniversary of D-Day, 6th June 1944

Join us for a talk from Seb Cox, historian and Head of the Royal Air Force’s Air Historical Branch, who will be exploring the RAF’s largest ever humanitarian operation, The Berlin Airlift. Between June 1948 and May 1949, the RAF delivered over 3 million tons of food, fuel and machinery in the first crisis of … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: ‘Berlin Airlift and other RAF Humanitarian Operations’