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Naval Air History on TV – Quest ‘Wings of War’

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You can see Naval Air History’s Matthew Willis acting as an on-screen expert about naval aviation matters in Quest TV’s series Wings of War, Series 1, Episode 6 online now. […]

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New Test Pilot Biography Launched at BDAC Old Sarum

March 20, 2018by navalairhistory Leave a comment

The first full-length biography of 1930s-40s test pilot Duncan Menzies (‘Flying to the Edge: The Groundbreaking Career of Test Pilot Duncan Menzies’ by Matthew Willis, Amberley Books) was formally launched […]

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Matt Willis joins British Naval History

September 1, 2016by navalairhistory Leave a comment

Naval Air History’s Matthew Willis has joined the British Naval History team with a regular blog – see posts here The first post ‘The Flying-off Platform- an Evolutionary Dead End?’ […]

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Two (and a bit) new blogs on ‘Hush Kit’

April 14, 2016by navalairhistory Leave a comment

Naval Air History has recently contributed to two pieces on Hush Kit, ‘the alternative aviation magazine’ The 11 Worst X-Planes When music is terrible the artist will often describe it […]

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Miscellaneous, Test flying

Farewell to the Vulcan – a Photographic Odyssey

November 20, 2015by navalairhistory Leave a comment

The ‘Twitter V-Force’ website has published a guest blog written by Matthew Willis: Farewell to the Vulcan – A Photographic Odyssey

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Trafalgar Night, 4th Dovercourt RN Recognised Sea Scouts

October 20, 2014by navalairhistory 4 Comments

The following is the text of the speech I delivered at the 4th Dovercourt RN-Recognised Sea Scout Group’s Trafalgar Night dinner, 18 October 2014. Many thanks to the Group for […]

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Welcome to Naval Air History

January 18, 2012by navalairhistory Leave a comment

Naval Air History is a blog about marine and maritime aviation through the ages as explored by journalist Matt Willis. Naval aviation has always presented unique problems which have been […]

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My Fairey Barracuda book is out – MMP Books Orange Series no.8117, available from the publisher as well as the usual retailers. The book contains over 200 photographs, highly detailed scale plans and wonderful colour artwork from JP Viera, as well as a detailed history and technical biography of the aeroplane.

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  • Bristol Scout rebuild project
  • Dedicated to the crew of record breaking North Sea Class airship NS11 – 'As Bright As Day'
  • East Essex Aviation Museum – underwater archaeology and home of P-51D Mustang 'Little Zippie'
  • Fly Navy Heritage Trust
  • Gentlemen and Tarpaulins J D Davies's naval writings
  • Georgian Gentleman – The musings of Richard Hall 1720-1801
  • Maritime Archaeology Trust
  • Navy Campaign – an independent, non-profit group that campaigns to promote the Royal Navy
  • Navy Wings
  • Save the Royal Navy
  • The Aviation Historian journal
  • This Is War Blog
  • Vintage Aero Writer

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