Cinemas, theatres, museums and indoor leisure attractions will be able to open when the government further eases COVID-19 lockdown rules at Step 3 of the roadmap from Monday, May 17th.
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6:10 PM May 3, 2021
Cockpit fun for a young visitor in a de Havilland Vampire jet fighter at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.
- Credit: Garry Lakin
Britain s oldest aviation museum has launched an appeal to raise funds for a play area.
With preparations well under way to reopen to the public on Tuesday, May 18, the de Havilland Aircraft Museum has started a Crowdfunder appeal to finance a new children s play area.
It will be one of a range of new events and attractions planned as part of the Museum of the 21st Century Project.
Back to the drawing board for a family in front of the de Havilland Mosquito prototype at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.
It presents an eclectic group of works which map the changing characteristics of British sculpture since the 1950s.
The bronze statue to aviation pioneer Sir Geoffrey de Havilland on the College Lane Campus of the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield.
- Credit: Alan Davies
Among the uni s sculptures is a life-size bronze tribute to aeronautical engineer and Hatfield aviation pioneer Sir Geoffrey de Havilland.
Sir Geoffrey founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company in September 1920 at Stag Lane Aerodrome in Edgware.
The company later moved in the 1930s to a new factory on the Hatfield Aerodrome site, where it became a firm competing on the global stage.
A photograph of a World War Two fighter-plane making it’s final landing at Aston Down Airfield, near Minchinhampton, have been uncovered by a Stroud photographer. Tammy Lynn, from Stroud, discovered a collection of the late photographer Peter Coleman’s work, including this photo of a Mosquito T3 landing in 1946. Lancaster Bombers and Hawk Tempests can be seen on the ground beneath the Mosquito at the airfield, which was used by the Royal Air Force from the First World War until 1967 before the Cotswold Gliding Club moved from Tetbury. Built by the De Havilland Aircraft Company for the RAF, the Mosquito T3 was made largely of wood and was one the fastest planes of World War Two.