Most of you will be aware of the British Airways Speedbird Heritage Centre at Waterside and if you are a recent entrant to the company then you will likely already have had the pleasure of a tour of it. The museum is staffed by a team of volunteers who are as passionate as they are extremely knowledgeable and is open from Monday to Thursday during office hours.

What you may not know is that the Centre also welcomes friends and relatives of staff members so if you know of anyone who is interested in the history of British Airways or commercial aviation in general then you can arrange for them to visit this unique facility. The Centre is not vast and can easily be toured in an hour, but it is a unique resource and you can find artefacts there that you will not see anywhere else with the added benefit of curators who can bring it all to life. Alongside models of pretty much every aircraft and livery that BA and its predecessor have used, you will find flight documentation for the flight that took Princess Elizabeth to Kenya and returned her as Queen Elizabeth II as well as a logbook for the final Concorde test flights that certified it fit to fly. For those of us with a longer service record it is a chance to reminisce over aircraft long since retired and for those newer to the company a chance to reflect upon the heritage of our organisation.

The team produce a regular newsletter which can be found in DocuNet.  

If you wish to arrange a visit with family and friends, then the museum can be reached at [email protected]. They can arrange the necessary visitors passes (please note visitors should bring photographic ID) and provide further instructions.

If you find yourself visiting Waterside for a medical or other business then there is no need to pre-book.

Website can be reached at ba.com/heritage