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Hawker-Siddeley Blue Steel

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1962-DEC 1969, London, Hangar One, 71/O/378

Started privately by AV Roe in 1954, a contract was eventually placed by the Ministry of Supply in 1956 for a stand-off missile to carry a Thermonuclear device with a 1 mega ton yield.

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RAF Eastcote Collection - Secretary of State's visit to RAF Wittering, 1964

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC98/253

Film in which Handley Page Victor and Avro Vulcan bomber aircraft and Blue Steel missiles are seen on the ground. Hugh Fraser, Secretary of State for Air, meets the aircrew.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 1

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/001

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF and US Air Force aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor bombers.

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Amateur footage of RAF and other aircraft at Goose Bay, Canada, 1964-1965 reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-9939/002

Amateur film taken at Goose Bay in Canada shows RAF, US Air Force and Canadian aircraft in the air and on the ground, including Vulcan, Victor and Valiant bomber aircraft.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Tony Smith, 6 October 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7354

Interview with Tony Smith, who served as an RAF navigator in Canberra, Valiant and Victor bomber aircraft. He describes his experience of operating each aircraft type during the Cold War.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Ken Edmonds, 28 April 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7339

Interview with Ken Edmonds, who served as a navigator in Canberra and Valiant aircraft, including participation in nuclear weapons tests in Australia and the Pacific as part of Operation Grapple.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Richard Kharegat, 30 June 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3306

Recorded interview with Dick Kharegat, who served as a pilot in Canberra, Vulcan and Victor bomber aircraft, and in B-52 bombers during an exchange tour with the US Air Force.

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Rolls-Royce Conway R.Co.17 Mk. 201

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X005-0823

The Rolls-Royce Conway was the first production turbofan engine. This variant was fitted to the Handley-Page Victor B.2 and (K).2 aircraft.

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