Military
Bomb Disposal School. The bomb disposal school at Bramley, Hampshire, was set up in 1922 and is officially known as the Army School of Ammunition and is run by the Royal Ordinance Corps. One of its specialities is dealing with terrorist bombs. Shown being tested a new secret type of Molotov cocktail. i.e. a bottle containing an incendiary mixture. Earlier versions had to be lit before being thrown. This one detonates on impact and cost around 5 shillings (25p) to construct in 1972. It was said to be capable of destroying a tank. Lt-Col George Hale demonstrates some of the ways bombs his team have made safe have been concealed in the past. Photographed 1972 when the IRA bombing campaign in the UK was getting underway.
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Civil Defence in the UK 1960
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Horse Guards
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Parachuting Military
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RAF Falcons France 1965
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RAF Flight Simulator. Before computers, Flight Simulators used actual models of different airfields in order to train pilots. These photographs, taken around 1976 at RAF Lynham, show one such model of the RAF base on the Gan Islands in the Indian Ocean. A colour TV camera relayed a picture of the £10,000 scale model to a screen in the mock up of a Hercules Transport aircraft. Detail on the model is so precise that final work had to be carried out under a magnifying lens. Training simulators at the RAF base were valued at £10 million.
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Gravel Pit Arrester to Stop Runway Jets. Testing a gravel pit arrester using a Lightning jet fighter. The idea was that an aircraft unable to stop before the end of the runway would be brought quickly and safely to a halt after being steered into a long pit filled with gravel. The tests worked fine but one of my remote controlled Nikons - the one that took the third picture in the series - was seriously damaged by when the aircraft struck in. A few weeks later it was back in service. Photographed 1975.
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RAF Harrier Jump Jets Squadron
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RAF Survival School Plymouth where aircrew are taught how to survive after ditching. Photographed 1966
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