What programme?
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NAW was awarded the Historic Aircraft Association’s Conrod Trophy, which was presented at Old Warden in March this year:
BOW: I think a lot of the development firings may have been carried out at Woomera, in which case you need the book ‘Fire Across the Desert’ by Peter Morton. It was published as a hardback in Australia several years ago.
This book is a monumental piece of work and I know that it covers Blue Streak, as well as Thunderbird, Sea Slug and Bloodhound. I think there will be coverage of any Firestreak and Red Top testing carried out there.
Other forums have pics of Bob landing at Brunty. Too hairy to land at Cosford, apparently. Now for the gas axe?
I wonder how much Channel 4 paid to get him in that seat? Perhaps their money would have been better spent as a donation to the Mos Mus.
Alan: Your questions suggest you are a closet urbexer.
A large collection of Brian Robinson’s photos are available in the Greater Manchester County Record Office – index here:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=124-1961&cid=97#97
Perhaps his drawings went there also?
Muchos cross-wind at CGY yesterday. Merlin problems focused on fatigue failure of some nuts on Merlins – now replaced.
BobKat: Lots of pics on Airfield Information Exchange:
An IWM shot of the Stirling at Northolt is here:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205212741
Not the same event.
West Raynham.
West Raynham, approx 41 from memory.
Message from Stuart Stephenson:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=4F7A7D9C-5056-A318-A85028ABF3E43BEA
Hi Airports Ed. So its not a ‘chop the BBMF’ story – but is it a ‘rename the BBMF’ story?
How does RAF Memorial Flight sound?