There are up to 5 solar eclipses every year and a total solar eclipse about every 18 months. One of those total solar...
26 April 2024
A Story of Spirit, Co-operation and Collaboration
Back in October 2015 when XH558 landed at Finningley at the cess...
27 March 2024
The year 1944, the month June, the day the 6th. The commencement of the invasion of Europe with Operation Neptune to ...
24 November 2023
The race was on again to prepare XH558 for the 2009 airshow season. A host of servicing requirements awaited the atte...
25 November 2022
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union began the Space Age by launching Sputnik 1. It was the world’s first artificial s...
23 June 2022
A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...
25 March 2022
In March 1959 I was posted to Headquarters Bomber Command (HWBC) at High Wycombe. At the time I was a Flight Lieutena...
27 January 2022
Originally written for VTST by Lieutenant Colonel A.W Garrad in 2012
In recognition of the Australian and NZ finan...
27 January 2022
With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...
25 November 2021