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Yes we do have one... https://www.industry.gov.au/policies-and-initiatives/australian-space-agency

I learned about these interested drawings from another forum, and there are links to the sources given by other members below. But a companion of mine believes that these are "fake drawings" made using some Australia's cruiser plan drawings and Photoshop. I feel distressed. So are these...

Greetings I am undertaking some research on Woomera and Maralinga and British atomic testing in Australia 1952-1963 Does anyone have any material on where Britain obtained its uranium for this project? Still after a photo of the PAC used in the testing of Project Falstaff? Any material on...

Hi, the Brabazon Type-3 or Specification 6/45,the known tenders were; Airspeed,Armstrong-Whitworth and Avro-692 & Avro-693,but can I ask if those companies involved or not; Blackburn,Bristol ,De Havilland,Fairey,Folland,Handley Page,Miles,Percival,Scottish Aviation, Shorts,Vickers and Westland ?.

Found these images buried in my folders along with a screenshot of the (limited) information on these artillery pieces. It took me a while to track down which forum post I got them from (link and just in case, archived). Quoted from the thread in question:

Re: Australia and the WNT - please see link below; https://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/loss-more-symbolic-material According to the Author, the government of Australia (if it chose) could likely have won excemption and retained HMAS Australia as an “Armoured Cruiser”. As others...

Does anyone know anything more about this? https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/568598.html Description Scale 1:192. A plan showing the outboard profile and arrangement of rig of a proposed aircraft carrier/liner hybrid by Eustace H. T. D'Eyncourt [Director of Naval...

Check out this interesting photo: https://ingeniumcanada.org/ingenium/collection-research/collection-item.php?id=1970.1466.001 It purports to be the world's first mortar-locating radar, apparently a Canadian invention and produced at CAL's purpose-built plant in Scarborough (now row houses...

2020:what a nefarious year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Prowse

Today, at 11am GMT, a memorial service for RAF Bomber Command is being held. I shall post a link, just in case you wish to join: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKeZp-kjh8&ab_channel=RoyalAirForce

From JAWA 1984/85, here is a Free Flight Hornet S10 tailless aircraft.

I noticed a Teddy Bear in Guards Uniform carrying an M16 (like the Canadian Army) and it got me wondering about the saga of the SA80 and what we are going to replace it with. I get the impression that of the rifles introduced from the 1970s on only the French Army got one they liked. But even...

One UK aircraft has been around me more than any other, and no, its not my beloved TSR2, AVS or Boeing SST. It is the VC 10 My Dad made me the Airfix kit. Until recently and from the age of 9 I could watch these elegant planes in their smart RAF colours doing circuits in and out of Brize...

https://apnews.com/05569875820b15fd4639ff46e9d24670 Rest In Peace. :(

SKYRORA is new British/Ukraine Company for Small Satellite launcher Based in Edinburgh, Scottland. They continue were Black Arrow was Stop, using rocket power on Kerosine/HTP to launch Small Satellite. For moment they have 3 models Skyrora Nano II a small sounding rocket with 10kg Payload...

I've tried to collect all the British Type designations for electornics like Sonars, Radars, Jammers etc Here is the list: If anybody know more designations and their design/cancellation/introduction dates that would be great: Type 1 - Land Based Air Search Radar (1935/36) Type 2 - Land Based...

An interesting website regarding the unbuilt British R102 airship: http://www.airshipsonline.com/airships/R102/Index.html The R102 would have been history's biggest rigid airship, had it been built, even bigger than the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin II.

I stumbled across this interesting blog by an Australian academic Dr Brett Holman who has researched the cultural impacts of the fear of bombing on British society during the early 20th century. There are a lot of other interesting British and Australian related aviation entries too...

I recently purchased a copy of the excellent 'The Otter Reconnaissance Car in Canadian Service' from Service Publications (www.servicepub.com), and, upon reading it, came across a reference to a 'Wolf' 8x8 heavy armoured car. This was unknown to me, so an Internet search was in order. All I...

G'day gents I'm looking for information, drawings, pictures of models..... of the Tranfield Shipbuilding 'Joint Patrol Vessel' design submission for the Joint Australian/Malaysian program of the 1990's. The program originally entailed the need for 27 vessels for Malaysia and 12 vessels for...