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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
Roly Falk
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
XM607
Following the transfer of the strategic deterrent role to the Royal Navy’s Polaris fleet, on 30th June 1969, the RAF ...
XM657
A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...
VX770-The-Vulcan-Prototype-1952-1
On Saturday 30 August 1952, history was made as Avro Type 698, VX770, took to the sky for the first time. It was the ...
24 March 2022
Cosford-1
Bob Tracey was a Club member and was a hangar volunteer during the restoration. (This article was originally publi...
20 December 2021
v-bombers
Research into delta-wing aircraft had also been conducted by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, a...
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 ...