Aviation News – June 2018

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has

awarded a grant of nearly £2m to the de

Havilland Aircraft Museum. The centre,

at Salisbury Hall in London Colney,

Hertfordshire, applied for the money three

years ago to build a large new hangar that

will provide covered space for its exhibits

and a range of community and education

facilities.

After learning of the lottery funding

decision, the museum Chairman Alan

Brackley said: “The trustees of the museum

are delighted the HLF has awarded them

£1.9m to build the new hangar. Thanks to the

money raised by the national lottery players

the project will not only safely display several

important aircraft exhibits inside the new

building, away from the rigours of the British

weather, but it will offer the local community

an exciting venue for meetings, conferences,

parties, learning and other social events.”

The funding allows the museum to move

on to the next phase of its development

programme, and construction work on the

new hangar is expected to begin in July this

year and be completed in 2019. Planning

permission for the project was granted by

Hertsmere Council in 2016.

“The Museum needs to fundraise a

further £250,000, before we get the national

lottery’s permission to start the building

works,” added Mr Brackley, “so all support is

very welcome and donations [can be] made

through our website or at the museum.”

The centre concentrates on the many

types of aircraft and engines built by

de Havilland at its Hat eld factory in

Hertfordshire. It is based in the grounds

of Salisbury Hall, which was used during

World War Two by the company as its

secret design centre for the Mosquito. The

prototype ‘Mossie’ is one of three examples

of the type on display at the museum.

Massive Grant for de Havilland Museum

An artist’s impression of the redeveloped de Havilland Aircraft Museum. via DHAM

Widerøe completed the very  rst scheduled

passenger  ight of the new Embraer E190-E

on April 24. The aircraft, registered LN-WEA

and operating as  ight WF622, departed

Bergen, Norway, at 7.56am and arrived at

Tromsø, also in Norway, at 9.39am local time.

The event marked the official entry into

service of the  rst of three new E-Jets E2s

developed by Embraer to succeed its  rst-

generation E-Jets. Deliveries of the larger

E195-E2 are planned to start next year, and

in 2021 for the smaller E175-E2.

“This is a truly historic day for the E-Jets

programme and for Embraer,” said John

Slattery, President and CEO, Embraer

Commercial Aviation. “The  rst revenue  ight

is the crowning achievement of years of hard

work and planning.”

Stein Nilsen, Widerøe’s President and

CEO, spoke after the  ight landed. “Today,

we’re celebrating the beginning of a new era

for Widerøe. It’s the  rst jet in our  eet, and

we’ll always have the distinction of being the

 rst airline to  y the E2. We see a bright

future with our new E2 jets.”

Widerøe will receive two more E190-E2s

this year and holds purchase rights for an

additional 12. The total value of the order

is approximately $873m if all rights are

exercised.

The  rst Embraer E190-E2 in Widerøe livery,

wearing its Brazilian test registration PR-EFL.

Widerøe

Embraer E190-E2 Makes

Commercial Debut

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