There are up to 5 solar eclipses every year and a total solar eclipse about every 18 months. One of those total solar...
26 April 2024
A veteran who was stationed on Christmas Island, in the Pacific, during Britain’s largest ever nuclear weapons ...
22 February 2024
The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive that was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry. T...
26 January 2024
We have all wondered about the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ and how various vessels, whether Aircraft or Ships, disappear. I ha...
20 December 2023
On 26 November 2003 Concorde G-BOAF flew into Filton near Bristol, arriving for preservation with British Aerospace. ...
23 November 2023
Sometime ago, while casually looking in my flying log book for entries involving XH558, a very similar Vulcan tail nu...
29 September 2023
Navigator training in 1953-55
Navigator training was carried out at Air Navigation schools in Hullavington and Bis...
29 September 2023
When it comes to aviation, even the tiniest details matter. From the type of paint used to the equipment on board, ev...
22 August 2023
Barry Masefield was the Air Electronics Officer (AEO) for Vulcan XH558 and had flown in this iconic aircraft for over...
28 July 2023
In mid-1956 I returned to England from a two year working holiday in New Zealand and Australia, and urgently needed t...
28 July 2023