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The BBMF hangar tea party with Dakota ZA947 as a backdrop. (All Photos: Clive Rowley)

The BBMF held its annual tea party in the Flight’s hangar on Wednesday 9th July. The BBMF hangar makes an incredible venue for a tea party with the beautifully arranged tables surrounded by the BBMF aircraft in a setting like no other. Although it has to be said that in the middle of a heatwave, with the temperature outside at 31 degrees C, an uncooled metal hangar is perhaps not ideal!

All members of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club are automatically entered into our monthly prize draws. From April to June 2026 there have been some wonderful prizes won by members. These were the ballot prizes and the lucky Club members who won them.

The BBMF Visitor Centre at Coningsby now has a Virtual Reality (VR) Station with two VR headsets. Visitors can don the headsets and find themselves on a flight in the Lancaster, sitting in the aircraft’s mid-upper turret.