BE2e A2767 silhouetted against a sunset, the low sun flaring through its bracing wires.

Preserving · Flying · Educating

Keeping the aircraft of 1914–18 in the air.

Original and reproduction WW1 aircraft, the airmen who flew them, and the story of how air power was born — preserved by a charity and flown at events across Britain.

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Latest News

Vince Taxying F-AZEA

The Poetry Plane in Action

Starting on Wednesday 1 July, Vince Moisson our pilot will fly 4 sorties to drop poems over the WW1 battlefields...

Lt/T/Capt Allan Churchman RAF

If You Crash Again, You’re Going Back to the Trenches

Our Chief Trustee’s grandfather learned to fly at Upavon in 1916. He told the story exactly once, in 1962, to...

Bruton School Remembers

Poetry Plane – Featured School of the Week 8 May 26

‘On our return to school in September, we had a visitor who often comes to our school, eager to share...

Pilots’ Chat

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