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
Ian Hamilton
I was posted to 44 Squadron (Rhodesia Squadron) from RAF Waddington in early 1964 as a 20 year old Ai...
28 July 2023
Barnes Wallis
The concept for the Dambusters raid was first proposed early in World War II by aeronauti...
31 March 2023
The race was on again to prepare XH558 for the 2009 airshow season. A host of servicing requirements awaited the atte...
25 November 2022
With funds once again depleted XH558 had to sit patiently in her hangar after her all too brief taste of freedom. It ...
28 October 2022
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
Our thanks to Jeremy Lewarn who recalls his time in the RAF in this detailed article.
My memories of the Vulc...
24 August 2022
Originally written for VTST by Lieutenant Colonel A.W Garrad in 2012
In recognition of the Australian and NZ finan...
27 January 2022
Research into delta-wing aircraft had also been conducted by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, a...
20 December 2021
On 9 January 1941, Avro test pilot, Captain Harry “Sam” Brown, made the first flight of the prototype Lancaster, BT30...
29 January 2021