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At last... a memorial for the brave boys of Bomber Command

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:01:28 UT

A memorial to the 55,000 airmen of Bomber Command who died helping to win the Second World War has finally been given the go-ahead.

Now our famous tour is wizard in Oz

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:16:09 UT

WE'RE now big news Down Under. Australian journalist Lou Robson loved her tour so much she wrote an article for the country's big selling national paper, The Australian. Click the headline for more info.

Blue Bell Inn is new lunch stop

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:34:26 UT

A change in itinerary and the uncertainty surrounding the Dambusters Inn at Scampton means that the Runways To War crew have decided to land for lunch on the first day of the April tour at The Blue Bell at Tattershall Thorpe instead.

June 2010 Pics

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:16:16 UT

Lottery boost for our aviation history

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:09:01 UT

AT long last aviation heritage sites and museums in Lincolnshire are to get some much needed cash from the public purse... in the shape of the National Lottery.

Runways To War featured by The Times

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:49:24 UT

Runways To War has now landed on the internet pages of The Times! Our historic tour of Lincolnshire's airfields is becoming so renowned it has been featured in the travel section. Click the link above to read more.

Radio Four features Noel Coward tribute poem

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:27:45 UT

This wonderful poem was recently featured on Roger McGough's Poetry Please on Radio Four. Our Runways to War team heard it while driving North at midnight on the A1.

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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:09:47 UT

Take a cruise aboard the legendary Queen Mary

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:56:09 UT

One of the highlights of any visit to Lincolnshire's wonderful Aviation Heritage Centre is the Queen Mary tour - a trip around East Kirkby airfield you'll never forget,

Not just one pretty face at museum

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:04:46 UT

The gorgeous Just Jane isn't the only reason to visit the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre if you love wartime machinery.

To fly or not to fly

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:46:50 UT

THE Panton brothers Fred and Harold have come to a crossroads with Lancaster Just Jane - do they take the biggest step of all and make her airworthy?

VC who climbed onto wing and into history

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:06:06 UT

Flight Engineer Norman Cyril Jackson flew into the history books the night he took off with his crew from from Metheringham in April 1944 bound for Schweinfurt, the home of the German ball-bearing industry.

Down to last dozen

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:26:53 UT

METHERINGHAM plays host every year to a reunion for surviving members of 106 Squadron - the only Lancaster squadron ever based at the airfield. Last year these brave men were down to the last dozen.

PICTURE FEATURE: The Petwood snowball fight

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:21:06 UT

It is a picture literally frozen in time.. of brave men scarcely beyond childhood indulging in that most favourite of winter pastimes after the night has brought snow rather than a trip to Germany.

Dambusters movie closer

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:04:37 UT

The long-awaited Peter Jackon remake of the classic Dambusters movie is ready to swing into full production. Now it's down to casting and locations - one of which is expected to be Scampton.