THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL AVIATION SOCIETY

Remembrance Sunday 8th November

Our Next Meeting

Notices and News

Welcome to the new look

SHHAS website,

which has been completely rebuilt and

also has a new host provider.

Please checkout some new content under the

MEDIA menu, more will be added in due course.

Thanks to Richard Marchant for a report and photos from the annual

LAA Andover Strut Barton Ashes Fly-In

and BBQ

Read It Here

BBC Coutryfile

11 October 2026.

This episode features the search for the remains of the last crew member of

B-24 '42-94841' which crashed in bad weather on

Twizle Head Moss, Holmfirth, on the 9th October 1944.

Watch on BBC iPlayer HERE

Read about B-24 Liberator '42-94841'

HERE

New content added to

Media - AI Artwork

Updated 22.10.26

Sea Vixen photos added to

Photo Archive

Updated 20.09.26

New content added to

Media - YouTube.

Updated 03.10.26

Updated 30.10.26

de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI TE881 currently being restored to fly for the Biggin Hill

based Flyaspitfire.com,

by Avspecs in New Zealand, has undergone it's first engine runs.

The future is open as to whether or not the Mosquito will eventually return to the United Kingdom.

Read more HERE

External website

Wednesday

2nd December

Through Mach 1 and beyond -

The career of

W/Cdr Roland "Bee" Beamont

A Talk by

Alastair Walton

Download PDF Poster HERE

Anyone that maybe starting out spotting or planning a visit to an airport or base for photography, may find some helpful information on the The Aviation Gift Co. website, under the Guides menu.

External Website

Updated 06.11.26

Alastair Walton is the eldest grandson of W/Cdr Roland “Bee” Beamont, one of the most influential figures in global aviation.

By the time he had retired from active flying in 1968, “Bee” had test flown 167 different types of aircraft, on some 8,000 flights.

More than 1,100 of those were supersonic.

In a presentation first shared with the members of the RAF Club in Mayfair last year, Alastair will share with us personal memories and family anecdotes of his grandfather, along with unseen footage of his extraordinary career.

Plus, there will be a surprise guest!

BBC Sounds

Researched, written, presented, and produced by

Nat Doig

Weird in the Wade brings you true tales that are weird, wonderful and a little off kilter

Updated 30.09.26

Top Secret Tempsford

RAF Tempsford is probably most famous today

for the role it played in SOE operations during WW2

External Link

Aviation Mysteries

Two of the world’s most famous aviation mysteries originated in Bedfordshire, those of the Flying Duchess and Glenn Miller.

Nat also discusses the disappearance of Amelia Earhart

External Link

UK AIRSHOW DATES 2026

External Link To Flightline UK

Content of external sites beyond our control.

Test Your Aircraft Recognition Skills.

Name the aircraft

Updated 01.10.26.

Links to external websites that may be of interest.

Content of external sites beyond our control.

© 2026 Copyright.

The South Hampshire Historical Aviation Society.