Well-known and highly respected air show commentator Seán Maffett became synonymous with Vulcan displays and indeed w...
23 August 2023
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
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
On Saturday 30 August 1952, history was made as Avro Type 698, VX770, took to the sky for the first time. It was the ...
27 July 2022
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
On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands. It was the beginning of a ten-week conflict tha...
22 February 2022
Originally written for VTST by Lieutenant Colonel A.W Garrad in 2012
In recognition of the Australian and NZ finan...
27 January 2022
It was a bright, sunny day at the Wroughton Airshow, the day Dr Robert Pleming first laid eyes on Vulcan XH558 in the...
26 February 2021
From February 1962 onwards two jets in every major RAF base, armed with nuclear weapons, were on standby for Quick Re...
12 October 2020