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Made the short trip today to Milton Keynes for a Cancer Research fundraising meet, organised by local Japanese group, 'JDMK'.
Nice few cars to have a look around, my favourite being an NA1 NSX.
The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 (internal designation Type V within Fairey) was a British supersonic research aircraft produced by the Fairey Aviation Company in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for a specialised aircraft for conducting investigations into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds. Features included a delta wing and a drooped nose. On 6 October 1954, the Delta 2 made its maiden flight, flown by Fairey test pilot Peter Twiss; two aircraft would be produced. The Delta 2 was the final aircraft to be produced by Fairey as an independent manufacturer.
The Fairey Delta 2 was the first jet aircraft to exceed 1000 mph in level flight. On 10 March 1956, it set a new world speed record of 1,132 mph. The Delta 2 held the absolute World Air Speed Record for over a year. It continued to be used for flight testing, and was allocated to the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) in 1958.
WG774 British Aircraft Corporation BAC.221 / Fairey Delta 2 preserved at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton 12/9/25.
This was used as a high speed test aircraft for the development of Concorde.
Screenshot of how FD2.8 RC2 will improve reading Twitter feeds.
* Automatic hyperlinking of URLs
* Automatic hyperlinking of @replies
* Automatic hyperlinking of #hashtags
* Automatic hyperlinking of authors
* Automatic "hinting" of popular Twitter slang (RT, DM, etc.)
* Automatic insertion of profile picture (unsynched Atom feeds only)
* "Reply" icon to respond to any tweet