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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
Sean Dad
Well-known and highly respected air show commentator Seán Maffett became synonymous with Vulcan displays and indeed w...
23 August 2023
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English Electric Canberra WK163 is one of Britain’s most important Cold War jet-age aircraft. She spent most of...
30 June 2023
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If you were driving southbound between Doncaster and Stratford-upon-Avon (A1, A46, M1 and A46) on Tuesday 24 May...
27 May 2022
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Test beds Aside from regular duties, several Vulcan airframes were put to use in test and development roles. XA894...
25 February 2022
Scramble Box
Recollections from Headquarters 1 Group RAF Bawtry Hall, RAF Finningley and the Bomber Box. Although I worked for ...
27 January 2022
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Research into delta-wing aircraft had also been conducted by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, a...
20 December 2021
Roy Chadwick
With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...
25 November 2021
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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...
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On 27 July 1971, during his Royal Air Force training to become a jet pilot, King Charles III (HRH Prince Charles at t...
29 July 2021