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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English Electric Canberra WK163 is one of Britain’s most important Cold War jet-age aircraft. She spent most of...
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Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
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I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
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In March 1959 I was posted to Headquarters Bomber Command (HWBC) at High Wycombe. At the time I was a Flight Lieutena...
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With the dawning of the atomic age in August 1945, it was obvious to military strategists that any future bomber to d...
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William Penney, the man in charge of Britain’s bomb design, William Cook, his deputy, and the scientists at the Atomi...
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The success of the Canberra as a research aircraft over the years is a testament to “Teddy” Petter’s original design....
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