Read More Here
External link
Live firing guns in a restored Curtiss P-40 Warhawk !
Full documentary now available on YouTube
In a project nearly two years in the making, the Soaring by the Sea Foundation successfully returned operational machine guns to its Curtiss P-40N Warhawk
Our Next Meeting
Notices and News
Welcome to the new look
SHHAS website,
which has been completely rebuilt and
also has a new host provider.
Please checkout some new content under the
MEDIA menu, more will be added in due course.
SHHAS Visit to RAF Uxbridge Bunker
and
RAF Northolt Ops. Room
Report
Read It Here
New content added to
Updated 24.07.26
Updated 31.08.26
Updated 25.08.26
Project SeaBlade to regain the world piston-engined seaplane speed record for Britain. The world speed record for piston powered seaplanes was set back in 1934 by the Macchi MC.72 - 440.681mph.
Watch the V24 Fiat AS 6 that powered the Macchi MC72
running on a test stand HERE
Official Project SeaBlade website HERE
Royal Aeronautical Society Article
Wednesday 2nd September
"The Madness of Courage"
A Talk by
Tony Insall
Dr. Tony Insall worked for over thirty years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Nigeria, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia,
and served for Five years in Norway.
He was an associate editor of FCO Historians and
is a published author of several books.
Tony is a senior visiting fellow in the Department of War Studies at
King’s College London and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Tony will talk about the remarkable life of
Gp. Capt. Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall VC, MC.
Tony will recall how 2nd Lt. Insall RFC was awarded his VC and later the MC
for escaping to freedom, after several attempts, from a German POW camp.
Becoming the only VC recipient to escape a POW camp in WW1.
Tony Insall is Gilbert Insall's great- nephew.
Download PDF Poster HERE
Please Remember Membership Subscription
Renews In August
Updated 31.08.26
Secret Hampshire:
It's your captain speaking, all 4 engines have stopped
First Broadcast on Radio Solent
23 Jun 2026,
Updated 24.06.26
A Short History of...
The Hindenburg Disaster
First made available on BBC Sounds
22 May 2026
Updated 24.06.26
Test Your Aircraft Recognition Skills.
Name the aircraft
Updated 31.08.26.
Links to external websites that may be of interest.
Content of external sites beyond our control.
