The V-force was the name given to the Royal Air Force’s strategic nuclear bomber force during the Cold War. As ...
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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...
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Navigator training in 1953-55
Navigator training was carried out at Air Navigation schools in Hullavington and Bis...
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Born in 1942, I obviously have few memories of WWII but one remains vivid. It is also the first distinct memory I hav...
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In mid-1956 I returned to England from a two year working holiday in New Zealand and Australia, and urgently needed t...
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With funds once again depleted XH558 had to sit patiently in her hangar after her all too brief taste of freedom. It ...
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Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
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A fresh appeal was launched in March 2004 to reach the Trust’s commitment of 29% of the funding total, required befor...
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In 1993 XH558 became the last Vulcan to leave RAF service, after a career of 33 years. At around 10am on the 23rd Mar...
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On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union began the Space Age by launching Sputnik 1. It was the world’s first artificial s...
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