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Doomsday-Clock-wide
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol created during the early years of the Cold War, serves as a metaphorical representa...
26 January 2024
Berlinermauer
Back in the summer of 1991 I had the good fortune to be invited by the then British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) to be th...
24 August 2023
Yatesbury
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
Avro_Lancaster_Bomber
Barnes Wallis The concept for the Dambusters raid was first proposed early in World War II by aeronauti...
31 March 2023
558 and Lancaster
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
Roll Out 7
A fresh appeal was launched in March 2004 to reach the Trust’s commitment of 29% of the funding total, required befor...
Vulcan Restoration
In 1993 XH558 became the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, after a career of 33 years. At around 10am on the 23rd Mar...
XM607
No. 27 Squadron flew the last Scampton Vulcan Sortie on the 31st March 1982, disbandment day, and handed over the mar...
Cosford-1
Bob Tracey was a Club member and was a hangar volunteer during the restoration. (This article was originally publi...
20 December 2021
A-Blue-Danube-Mark-1-bomb-drops-away-from-a-Vickers-Valiant-B.1-bomber.-Ministry-of-Defense
On 16 July 1945, with the support of Britain, the United States detonated the world’s first atomic weapon. In August ...