A museum displaying the works of one of Britain's aviation pioneers has successfully appealed to keep a temporary hangar open. The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, near London Colney in Hertfordshire ...
The museum, which is run by volunteers, opened in 1959 and houses 20 aircraft, including the World War Two Mosquito plane and the Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner. A temporary ...
Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the ...
Among other honors, Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery while escorting U.S. bombers during World War II and heroic actions in combat, the museum said. He also was one of four ...
(THE CONVERSATION) When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all ... to describe the location of something in space – say a comet – you ...
Steve McLean, general manager at the National Museum of Flight ... alongside iconic aircraft like the 1963 Avro Vulcan bomber, the 1952 de Havilland Comet and the Spitfire that played such ...
The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1315 mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough ...
Community Day and Step Classic This weekend-long celebration inspired by the legacy of HBCU classics kicks off to the public with a community day at the National Building Museum, where guests can ...
The aircraft traces its origins to the French Ministry of Civil Aviation’s November 5, 1951 specification for a “moyen ...