The year 1944, the month June, the day the 6th. The commencement of the invasion of Europe with Operation Neptune to ...
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The race was on again to prepare XH558 for the 2009 airshow season. A host of servicing requirements awaited the atte...
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On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union began the Space Age by launching Sputnik 1. It was the world’s first artificial s...
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Following the transfer of the strategic deterrent role to the Royal Navy’s Polaris fleet, on 30th June 1969, the RAF ...
29 April 2022
A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...
25 March 2022
With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...
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William Penney, the man in charge of Britain’s bomb design, William Cook, his deputy, and the scientists at the Atomi...
29 October 2021
On 4 February 1955, the first production Vulcan B.1, XA889, made its maiden flight, flying with the original Vulcan w...
29 January 2021