Operation Spitfire

Operation Spitfire 4 Schools are pleased to announce that they have been shortlisted for The Engineer’s Collaborate to Innovate Awards 2025 in the STEM Initiative category @TheEngineerUK #C2iAwards operationspitfire4schools.com

Tomorrow we say goodbye to our dear friend Neil Gilson, he has been an inspiration to us all and without him many of the things we have achieved simply wouldn’t have happened. Neil’s funeral will be held at Carmountside Crem at 1pm followed by a burial at Brown Edge Cemetery

Are you interested in developing your primary curriculum? 📚 Hear from colleagues who have created ‘Operation Spitfire 4 Schools’. This project focuses on history, engineering, science and careers, with a focus on the Spitfire’s development. Sign up: chartered.pulse.ly/m3dqxc9ijy

Do you want to fly a Spitfire and meet a test pilot? We are offering Free Spitfire Simulator drop in sessions and a meet and greet with Nathan Gray former RN Test Pilot on Friday 23rd August 10:00 to 17:00 The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Hanley, Stoke on Trent ST1 3DW

Mark Discombe MBE, one of the most experienced Spitfire pilots in the UK (Rolls-Royce and BBMF pilot), recently tested the Operation Spitfire Cockpit Simulator at the University of Nottingham, where it's been built by Aerospace Engineering students.

Lest We Forget

@RAFAssociation Hornets on a Hornet

Caption this! 🐝 What could it bee?

We regret to announce that our friend Roland Machin past away this morning. We will be forever greatful for his work in education, support in the restoration of RW388 and his venture with KMF that led to the Spitfire sculpture in Etruria. We are proud of all you achieved.

Timely reminder that the new @PotteriesMuseum #Spitfire Gallery, which opens in a few months, has taken a while to get here. But get here we have. Plans afoot by @opspitfire to make it a STEM centre to inspire the next generation of engineers #StokeOnTrent

Well, there’s nothing getting past you lot is there? The frame delivered earlier this week is from a Spitfire Mark IX & is part of the @opspitfire project. The plan is to rivet skin to the frame on one side to depict the makeup of the spitfire & show methods of construction.

For a full listing of the Spitfire Gallery Public Launch Events at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery 17th to 19th September 2021 please use this link to view a PDF with all the details: documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri…

@RAF_Cosford @RoyalAirForce @SoTCityCouncil @RAFMUSEUM @PotteriesMuseum @opspitfire

Cosford-based @RoyalAirForce aircraft technician, Sgt Dodd, is part of a team from @SoTCityCouncil and the @RAFMUSEUM who have returned an iconic Spitfire to its new purpose-built Stoke home at the @PotteriesMuseum. See facebook.com/70817551926499… for more info.

Sad news just in Sir Tom Moore didn’t make it

There will be a simulator in the gallery so people can experience flying the plane. One wall will be used to project images about Reginald, who was educated and lived in Stoke-on-Trent before becoming one of the greatest aeronautical engineers of his generation