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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
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In the annals of aviation history, few aircraft have left a permanent mark like the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulca...
25 May 2023
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Our thanks to Jeremy Lewarn who recalls his time in the RAF in this detailed article. My memories of the Vulc...
24 August 2022
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Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is credited with over 2,400 carrier landings (no one else has come close) as well as be...
8 March 2022
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From the time of their arrival into service at the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), all the Vulcans were painted si...
27 January 2022
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Originally written for VTST by Lieutenant Colonel A.W Garrad in 2012 In recognition of the Australian and NZ finan...
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...
Avro Vulcan 698 VX770
Whilst Mr Ewans was hard at work in the design office, a certain David Thirlby was equally hard at it on the factory ...
16 December 2020