EDM 1079: Hucknall Flight Test Museum

That this House celebrates the Hucknall Flight Test Museum and their work to commemorate Hucknall’s aviation heritage through the museum housed in the Hucknall Wing Hanger, a rare 20th Century Grade 2 listed industrial building, originally constructed in 1944; recognises the site's vital role in once providing dedicated ground test facilities for the development of Rolls Royce engines, Merlin, Griffon and Frank Whittle’s turbojet engine, the first commercially viable jet engine, between 1934 and 1971; acknowledges the pivotal role the site played in connection with aviation engine developments of both national and international importance; further acknowledges the site's importance to the war efforts during the Second World War; and pays tribute to the volunteers who run the museum.