We, at Air-Britain, offer our condolences to HM The Queen and the Royal Family on the passing of our past Royal Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
'The next meeting of the Milton Keynes Aviation Society will be a lecture presented via Zoom on![]()
13th April 2021 commencing at 8.00pm![]()
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The People’s Mosquito![]()
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Speaker : John Lilley ![]()
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The People’s Mosquito has a simple vision: to not only return a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI to the skies above Britain, but, for the first time in 75 years, build this iconic aircraft in the UK.![]()
The chairman of the Trust for the project, presents a report on the progress to the present time.![]()
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This is a live lecture presented via Zoom. The link will open from 7.30 pm with the starting at 8.00pm![]()
Members will be provided with the Zoom link prior to the event.![]()
Visitors and guests are welcome to attend with free access for your first visit with a £5.00 visitors entry charge for subsequent visits, ![]()
or Join the Society for the Annual Membership fee of £22.00.![]()
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To register your interest as a visitor please contact Chris Bosworth at cj.bos@ntlworld.com'
Congratulations to the Royal Australian Air Force on their 100th birthday.![]()
The centrepiece of the celebrations was a parade in Canberra, with a formation flypast of both historic and current aircraft of the RAAF.![]()
The flypast element starts around 1:18, following the parade and presentation of new colours to the Air Force.
The second and third parts of our 2021 QR trilogy are now available![]()
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BRITISH ISLES Quick Reference 2021![]()
The 21st edition of this annual publication lists registrations & types of all current UK, Ireland, Channel Isles, Isle of Man & foreign-registered aircraft based in the UK correct to the end of January 2021. It also includes complete current UK, Irish and UK-based US military serial listings as well as a military/civil registration/serial decode. There is an improved based-aircraft index and museum listings.![]()
www.air-britain.co.uk/actbooks/acatalog/BritishIslesQR2021-12.html#SID=12![]()
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BUSINESS JETS & TURBOPROPS Quick Reference 2021![]()
The 19th edition of this annual publication, containing all the world’s civil and military biz-jets, biz-turboprops and corporate airliners, correct to January 2021. The aircraft are listed in registration order and the entries give type and construction number information.![]()
Despite the global pandemic, all areas covered in this book have seen increased numbers of aircraft appearing, including a 16% increase in corporate airliners.![]()
www.air-britain.co.uk/actbooks/acatalog/BJQR2021-10.html#SID=12
Shipping update - after our own version of a Suez Canal blockage (although our software blockage was before the Ever Given), orders are now flowing again.![]()
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Over 400 orders were despatched by the team led by John last week and there are over 300 to be processed this week. One of the side-effects of this is that our e-mail system gets overwhelmed and some e-mail confirmations do not go through. Please be patient and do not re-order, as this only complicates matters.![]()
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While we are getting orders into the postal system as quickly as possible, remember that the public holidays over the Easter weekend may delay their arrival with you.![]()
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Any queries please contact steve.mitchell@air-britain.com
