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WW1 Sites in Canada
read moreWar Memories across Canada: Sites of the First World WarTalk at TNA
read moreGothas Over EnglandRAFM Lectures
read moreWW1 LunchTime Lecture SeriesConference in Krakow
read moreForgotten Fronts in the Air War, 1916/17TSTB2 stock
read moreThe Sky Their Battlefield II - hardback edition back in stockPolish Conference
read moreGorlice Conference in 2017Surrey in the Great War
read moreDrop-In eventWW1 Aero
read more... replaced by "The Flying Machine"Leefe Robinson
read moreLeefe Robinson Centenary ExhibitionStow Maries Flying Day
read moreWW1 Aviation Heritage Trust Flying Day at Stow Maries Great War AerodromeCalifornian Symposium
read moreFirst Air War - an interactive, multi-media symposium centennial eventTate Britain
read moreWW1 ExhibitionGoAvA Exhibition
read moreBrumowski Talk OFF
read moreTalk by Ivan Berryman - cancelled due to illnessAirship Association
read moreAirship Association Symposium on 31-Oct-2015WFA Talk
read moreAviation Talk in Kent by Peter HartRAFM Open Day
read moreDardanelles Archive OpeningLondon Zepp Tour
read moreStroud 1914-18
read moreStroud District and its part in the Great War - an ExhibitionSnoopy Exhibition
read moreFor those the other side of the pond, there's an upcoming exhibition on Snoopy & The Red Baron.2016 AGM
read moreThe Cross & Cockade International AGM for 2016 will be held at the RAF Museum, Hendon, on Saturday 23rd April 2016.Irish IPMS
read moreIrish IPMS Nationals: CCI Trophy for Best WW1 Aviation Model in ShowLunchtime Lectures
read moreFirst World War in the Air: Lunchtime Lectures at RAFM HendonLondon Meetings
read moreRAFM at Shuttleworth
read moreMost people will by now have heard that the RAFM's replica RE8, Albatros DVa and Sopwith Snipe, built by Peter Jackson and TVAL in New Zealand, have landed in the UK.
Finnegan Talk
read moreTerry Finnegan, author of Shooting the Front, will be giving a talk at the IWM on 20th June 2012
Albatros Flies!
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ALBATROS FIGHTER FLIES AGAIN!
Koloman Mayrhofer and Eberhard Fritsch announced that in the late morning of 10th April 2012, after a 94 year break, a WWI designed Albatros fighter has flown again.
CCI Curator
read moreSupporting our remit as an educational charity, Cross and Cockade International are part-funding a curator's role at the Royal Air Force Museum, based at Hendon.
Stow Maries Show
read moreStow Maries Aerodrome closed over winter. The next show will be Saturday 5th May 2012, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the RFC.
Alex Imrie
read moreIt has been confirmed by Alex's family that he passed away, after a short illness, on 4th June 2011.
A full obituary (below) has been prepared by the family.
Peter Cooksley
read moreWe are delighted to announce that, contrary to reports via other forums, Peter Cooksley is still with us.
The following email was today sent to us by Frank Anderson, Chairman of the Croydon Airport Society:
Dan-San Abbott
read moreWe were saddened today to hear of the death of Dan-San Abbott, after a short illness.
US Naval Aviation
read moreThe monograph Naval Aviation in World War I has been out of print for many years and paper copies are no longer available through the Naval Aviation History Branch or the Government Printing Office.
IPMS Hendon
read moreThe International Plastic Modellers' Society (IPMS) will be holding a regional meeting and show at the RAF Museum at Hendon.Last WW1 Veteran Dies
read moreThe world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude Choules, has died in Australia aged 110.
Officers Mess or Village Hall?
read moreDRINKSTONE VILLAGE HALL IS ON THE MOVE - Relocation not demolition for rare historic building!
A ninety-year-old relic from the First World War, which was originally an officers mess hut at Great Ashfield Airfield and has served as the Drinkstone Village Hall in Suffolk since 1924, is being moved, lock, stock and barrel, to a new home at a museum and wildlife centre on the former First World War aerodrome at Stow Maries in Essex.
Hawker Memorial
read moreLast year we reported that a permament memorial to Major Lanoe Hawker VC was being created on the site of his fatal crash in France. Phil Mobbs, from today's 24 Sqn, tells us that the project is now complete.
Seminar Papers
read moreCross & Cockade Seminar, 1995CCI accept cards
read moreWe can now take card payments directly, as well as via PayPal.Stow Maries Memorial
read moreStow Maries Aerodrome passed another landmark with the dedication of its new memorial on Friday 17th DecemberColin Ashford
read moreNoted WW1 artist and CCI member Colin Ashford has been elected Vice President of the Guild of Aviation Artists
Stow Maries Film
read moreA short film - "Loss" - based around Stow Maries, by Giles Ford-CrushGuild of Aviation Artists
read moreWW1 Aviation Painting of the Year 2010Calgary Theft
read moreThieves plunder Aero Space Museum of CalgaryMuseum at Stow Maries
read moreOn Sunday 30th May, the Aerodrome Museum at the Stow Maries project was officially opened by the Mayor of Maldon.New boss at RAFM
read moreThe Royal Air Force Museum Trustees are pleased to announce that Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye OBE has been selected as the Director General, Royal Air Force Museum with effect from 9th June 2010.Severnside Military Show
read moreThe Severnside Military Show this year will be held on the Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of June with a large gathering of armour, jeeps, trucks and enthusiasts. The event has moved from Kemble and will now be held at the Severnside Vintage showground in Cambridge, Glos. The new venue provides a laid back, friendly atmosphere for all of the family to enjoy.
Best Article 2009
read moreVote for the Best Article of 2009
This is your chance to vote for what YOU consider to be the best article published in the journal during 2009.
Next year, 2011, we'll be making an award the the author of the Best Article published in the journal during 2010. You'll have the chance to vote on paper, using a form sent out in the journal - or on line via the web site. To test this latter system, we're giving you the opportunity to let us know what you think of the articles published during 2009.
Over to you!
BBMF under threat
read moreOur government has decided that the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight is expendable - and are threatening to withdraw funding.
Leaman Lecture
read moreTo mark Paul Leaman's imminent retirement as Chair of Trustees, after 40 years of dedicated service to the society, we're implementing a keynote lecture in his name, to be given at our AGM each year by an eminent aviation historian.
Note that you don't need to be a CCI member to attend - and admission to the RAFM and the Leaman Lecture is free of charge.
Those Magnificent Men
read moreNo - not THAT fantastic film. This is the play - and its not about pre-war air races either.Crossing the Line
read moreA trailer for Peter Jackson's upcoming WW1 film, "Crossing the Line", has been posted on You TubeIWM Film Archive
read moreImperial War Museum film archive available on lineWhen Europe Went Mad
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When Europe Went Mad: A Brief History of the First World War
- a new title by Terence Finn, working with Tim Kenney marketing - watch the review in the next journal!
Newspaper Archive
read moreThe North London newspaper archive for the British Library is being digitised, and the millions of newspaper pages moved to Boston Spa in Yorkshire.Guild of Aviation Artists
read moreIn 2010 the Guild will be hosting its 40th annual exhibition! If you've any interest in aviation, and enjoy a well-produced painting, this is a not-to-be-missed event.
Scale ModelWorld 2009
read moreThe IPMS show, Scale ModelWorld 2009, was held at the International Exhibition Centre, Telford, on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2009.FE2 Unveiling
read moreOn 1st July 2009 the Royal Air Force Museum's FE2b was unveiled in a ceremony at Hendon, London.Henry Allingham Dies
read moreThe BBC has announced that Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last servicemen from World War I, has died. Henry was also the last surviving member of the air services from WW1.GoAvA Exhibition
read moreThe Annual Exhibition of paintings at the Guild of Aviation Artists was being held at The Mall Galleries in London, between 20th and 26th July 2009, and was, yet again, a resounding success.
AV Roe Centenary
read moreOn Sunday 12th July 2009, underneath the railway arches on the Walthamstow Marshes, an exhibition was held to celebrate to 100th anniversary of the first all-British powered flight.
Oeffag Alb D.III running
read moreLast weekend an original 1918 Austro Daimler engine was run, during a Aviation Festival near Vienna. Even better - the engine was in an Oeffag Albatros D.III!
FE2b/d Monograph
read moreFollowing the resounding success of the society's first book, "Nieuports in RFC, RNAS & RAF Service", on 1st July 2009 we launched our second. Publication coincided with the unveiling of the newly-restored FE2b at the RAF Museum, Hendon.
We are taking orders NOW through the on-line shop! Don't wait for too long, as interest is proving to be higher than expected, and we're not expedting stocks to last beyond the autumn.
Price delivered in the UK is £30.00, overseas by surface is £32.50 and overseas by airmail is £38.15 - excellent value by any measure!
Baracca Exhibition
read moreAn exhibition on top Italian ace Francesco Baracca is on display at Lugo (between Bologna and Ravenna) in Northern Italy until 19th July 2009. Anyone in the area should make this a "must see" item!
New Belgian Morane
read moreFor the last 20 years, the Ypres Technical School have had a beautiful 110hp Le Rhone rotary engine. Three years ago, staff and students started building an aeroplane for the Le Rhone to live in. Now it's ready to roll!
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