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The Angel Flight Annual BBQ occurs in June every year at the Byron Airport in California to benefit the organization. This year it was hosted by Randy Howell in the Patriots Jet Team’s hangar where participants were able to get up close and personal with the aircraft and talk to the team members about their role in the organization.
More information for both organizations can be found at www.angelflightwest.org and patriotsjetteam.com which as their scheduled appearances.
The hatch at Brixworth, May 2008. It was a beautiful day, and while we were in the compound a lancaster bomber flew by which made it even better!
A WW2 Decontamination Centre was reactivated in 1952 as Blyth Area Control remaining operational until the Civil Defence Corps was disbanded in 1968. The single storey semi-sunken brick building stands in the middle of the Broadway Circle and is currently used by the Blyth Army Cadet Force.
The Ace High system was a Cold War Tropospheric Scattering "Over-the-Horizon" radio communication chain that stretched from Alaska to Turkey via Iceland and the UK. It was made obsolete by satellite broadcast technology. These huge dishes were not worth the cost of salvage and were left to the elements in a Lincolnshire field
Green Goddess fire truck at the Cold War Experience.
50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the National Museum of Flight will take you back in time to experience what life was like in the middle of the Cold War.
Find out more about the Cold War Experience here.
The Kelvedon Nuclear Bunker
Hidden in a wood off the A128 Ongar - Brentwood Road, is a small bungalow which hides a big secret. Behind it lies a three floored bunker complex in which 600 people would have been confined behind blast proof doors in the event of a nuclear war.
The deep, 125 foot, bunker was built in 1952/3 as part of Rotor, an urgent government building programme to improve Britain's air defence network. The bunker was the Sector Operations Command for the RAF Fighter Command. Known as SOC - R4, it was to provide command and control of the London Sector of Fighter Command.
Once into the bungalow, it leads to a 100 yard tunnel before you are in the bunker itself. Above you are two more floors, the 'hill' which covers it, and a radio mast, one of two, which would have been vital for communications.
The reason for the bunker was to take on a far more potentially catastrophic role in the 1960's. Because of the threat of nuclear war the bunker became the regional government bunker for London. The aim of the bunker was that it was to be one of the government administration centres communicating with the many other smaller bunkers situated throughout the country, organising the country after a nuclear attack.
1947 ECG Machine
Manufactured by Smith and Stone
Georgetown, ON, Canada
Canada Science and Technology
CSTM artifact no. 2002.0068.001
Students, University of Ottawa, Department of History
Group members: Jess, Elza, and Jillian
Modern simplicity. Front panel of the machine displaying a light and simple on/off switch.
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Fanime 2010
Entrance to Southwark Borough Control - a complex of offices for the administration of post-nuclear Southwark lurk below.
Janelle Monae singing Cold War at the House of Blues in Boston 9/17/2010.
I was mostly focused on watching so my the camera work is pretty bad. The show was great and I'm really impressed with how the iphone caught the audio.
The Ace High system was a Cold War Tropospheric Scattering "Over-the-Horizon" radio communication chain that stretched from Alaska to Turkey via Iceland and the UK. It was made obsolete by satellite broadcast technology. These huge dishes were not worth the cost of salvage and were left to the elements in a Lincolnshire field
De Historische Collectie Grondgebonden Luchtverdediging (HCGLVD, voorheen HVGLVD) is ontstaan door samenvoeging van de Historische Verzameling Luchtdoelartilleriematerieel (Ede) en de traditiekamer van de Groep Geleide Wapens (Luchtmachtbasis De Peel).
De collectie biedt een overzicht van de ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van de grondgebonden luchtverdediging vanaf 1915 tot heden.
De collectie is ondergebracht in twee hallen, tevens is er een buitenexpositie. Voor de medewerkers is er een gebouw met kantoren, een vergaderzaal en een werkplaats. Bezoekers kunnen zelfstandig alles bekijken en via de multimediazuilen extra informatie krijgen over de getoonde collectiestukken.
De Historische Collectie Grondgebonden Luchtverdediging (HCGLVD, voorheen HVGLVD) is ontstaan door samenvoeging van de Historische Verzameling Luchtdoelartilleriematerieel (Ede) en de traditiekamer van de Groep Geleide Wapens (Luchtmachtbasis De Peel).
De collectie biedt een overzicht van de ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van de grondgebonden luchtverdediging vanaf 1915 tot heden.
De collectie is ondergebracht in twee hallen, tevens is er een buitenexpositie. Voor de medewerkers is er een gebouw met kantoren, een vergaderzaal en een werkplaats. Bezoekers kunnen zelfstandig alles bekijken en via de multimediazuilen extra informatie krijgen over de getoonde collectiestukken.
Charles Shields Sr. in bed. Treatment for burns and injuries of seven Navy airmen at NH Oakland, 1955, after being shot down by Russian MIGs over the Bering Strait on June 22, 1955, and rescued by Eskimos. The patients included chief electronics technician Elmer R. Janke of Alameda, aviation machinist mate Thaddeus Maziarz of Oakland, aviation ordnanceman Martin E. Berg of Alameda, Ens. David G. Assard, Terryville, Conn.; aviation technician Edward Benko, Chicago; airman technician Charles W. Shields, Clawson, Mich., and aviation ordnanceman Donald E. Sonnek, Minnesota Lake, Minn.
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Color-adjusted and manipulated in Photoshop. Donated by Charles "Chuck" Shields, Jr.
Navy Medicine Historical Files - Biographical Series - Charles Shields Sr.
This is one of three Gnat simulators known to have been built, the other survivor is with the Newark Air Museum. It was fully restored by the Boulton Paul Association members, who added the nose and and a Red Arrows sound system.
The Redifon 101 Simulator used an analogue computer to produce a ''standard simulator''. Unfortunately digital computers arrived very quickly, making analogue obsolete. A small batch was built for the RAF, representing a Jet Provost Mk.V from one seat and a deHavilland 125 from the other seat. The simulator was given to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum by the Imperial War Museum Duxford, it is unfortunate that the hydraulic powerpack, frequently convertor for a 400 cycle supply and documentation are all missing.
Development of the single-seat lightweight Gnat fighter was started as a private venture by the the former Folland Aircraft Company in 1951. The RAF did not adopt it as a fighter, however, they did use it as a two-seat transonic advanced trainer. Fourteen were ordered in 1958, and total orders reached 105 by 1965. The Gnat entered service in 1962 and by the end of that year had superceded the Vampire T.11 trainer as the RAF's standard advanced trainer. Export sales were achieved, especially to the Indian Air Force, and it is thought that the simulator may have come from there.
The Gnat found fame with it's aerobatic capabilities, firstly with the RAF 's ''Yellow Jackets'' display team who displayed in 1964, and then the ''Red Arrows'' making their first appearance in 1965. The Gnat's more versatile replacement, the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, entered service in 1978, although the Red Arrows did not upgrade to the new type until 1980.
▪︎Wing Span: 24ft 0in
▪︎Length: 31ft 9in
▪︎Height: 8ft 7in
▪︎Powerplant: Bristol Orpheus 100
▪︎Range: 1,180 miles
▪︎Maximum Speed: 695 mph
Generously gifted to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum by Boulton Paul Associates.
(Information from the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum)
The Ace High system was a Cold War Tropospheric Scattering "Over-the-Horizon" radio communication chain that stretched from Alaska to Turkey via Iceland and the UK. It was made obsolete by satellite broadcast technology. These huge dishes were not worth the cost of salvage and were left to the elements in a Lincolnshire field