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Dolly Parton at SECC, Glasgow 20.08.11 as part of Better Day World Tour.
High definition videos filmed with Panasonic Lumix TZ7 / ZS3 are also available on my YouTube Channel including Jolene, 9 to 5, Little Sparrow, River Deep Mountain High, Rocky Top, Here You Come Again www.youtube.com/iainh124a
A view of the central part of the fascinating Hall 4 at the Fleet Arm Arm Museum, adjacent to RNAS Yeovilton. This space contains several unique and interesting exhibits including a Hawker P.1127 prototype (forerunner to the Harrier) plus a Bristol Siddeley BS100 engine which was to have been the powerplant for the Hawker Siddeley P.1154 VSTOL fighter, a supersonic development of the Harrier which was cancelled in 1965. Dominating the exhibits are a trio of Concorde related experimental types comprising the centerpiece Concorde prototype 002 (G-BSST), the BAC 221 high speed testbed (WG744) which was formerly the record breaking first prototype Fairy Delta 2 before being re-purposed and re-built by BAC as the type 221 for the Concorde program, and just visible behind the Concorde's wing tip, the Handley Page HP.115 low speed handing trials aircraft (XP841). G-BSST (002) and the other Concorde prototypes differed markedly from pre-production and production examples, most notably by the simpler early droop nose design and the shorter length and contouring of the rear fuselage which had equal taper of lower and upper rear fuselage lines to a point at the tail. On production aircraft the upper rear fuselage line remained almost horizontal all the way to the tip changing the profile, and extended further back beyond the tail. This improved aerodynamics and increase fuel capacity. There are also fewer windows on this prototype, due to the amount of instrumentation carried within the fuselage.
Also on display are several former operational aircraft all of which have combat history. These include one of the few preserved BAe Systems Harrier GR9A (ZD433), a Falklands veteran Sea Harrier FRS.1 (XZ943), Westland Lynx HAS3 (XZ720) and Westland Sea King HC4 (ZA298).
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The Anglo-French project to build a supersonic passenger aircraft resulted in Concorde. This aircraft (002) was the second to fly and was the first British prototype. Concorde entered commercial service with British Airways and Air France in 1976.
Twenty Concorde aircraft were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service. All but two of these aircraft—a remarkably high percentage for any commercial fleet—are preserved.
G-BSST (002) first flew on 9 April 1969 from Filton to RAF Fairford. Its last flight was on 4 March 1976 when it flew to here at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, England. It had made 438 flights (836 hours), of which 196 flights were supersonic.
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers), and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation. It is located on RNAS Yeovilton airfield, and the museum has viewing areas where visitors can watch military aircraft (especially helicopters) take off and land. It is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Yeovil, and 40 miles (64 km) south of Bristol.
Information panel at the Singapore Expo Hall 4 organised by Singapore Food Manufacturers Association.
Dolly Parton at SECC, Glasgow 20.08.11 as part of Better Day World Tour.
High definition videos filmed with Panasonic Lumix TZ7 / ZS3 are also available on my YouTube Channel including Jolene, 9 to 5, Little Sparrow, River Deep Mountain High, Rocky Top, Here You Come Again www.youtube.com/iainh124a