Thirty years ago whilst serving as Wing Commander Ops & Pilot Training Wing (OC OPTW) at RAF Finningley, the Air ...
28 April 2023
Our thanks to Jeremy Lewarn who recalls his time in the RAF in this detailed article.
My memories of the Vulc...
24 August 2022
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is credited with over 2,400 carrier landings (no one else has come close) as well as be...
8 March 2022
On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands. It was the beginning of a ten-week conflict tha...
22 February 2022
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For the first few years after her return to flight in 2007, Vulc...
11 February 2022
The Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VTST) is often asked “where has all the money gone?” The simple answer is “Operating a f...
10 February 2022
XH558 was the Royal Air Force’s last flying Vulcan, retired in 1992 and returned to the air by VTST in 2007. Un...
27 January 2022
Recollections from Headquarters 1 Group RAF Bawtry Hall, RAF Finningley and the Bomber Box.
Although I worked for ...
27 January 2022
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