Military Interest

Anything of Military Interest especially WWI, WWII. the Cold War, NATO and beyond.

Exercising ‘The Dog’

Exercising ‘The Dog’

Exercising ‘The Dog’ John Self recalls his RAF days with the Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile. For more than three years I worked on the Bloodhound Mk 2 missile system in the RAF: first with training at RAF Newton, then a bit of hands-on experience at RAF North Coates before a posting to an Australian base […]

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ArtUK Curations

ArtUK Curations

ArtUK Curations The Imperial War Museum and ArtUK launched a feature called Curations, where Museums can curate their own online exhibitions. It is a way to showcase a museum collection of art whilst the doors are closed (for COVID or other reasons), and it is free to do. They have started a Curation for the

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Phantom Revisited

Phantom Revisited

Phantom Revisited … Three volunteers at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum got together to start putting the smaller pieces back onto the Phantom. First to go were the leading edge plates. These are fitted with a piano hinge at the bottom and retaining screws at the top.  The first took about 25 minutes and

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