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RAF Boscombe Down, in 2010
written by Brian Townsend
 I wonder how many ex-Boscombe Down personnel remember what happened on Saturday, March 10, 1956? It was a station commander’s parade and we had our backs to the runway. The noise of a jet aircraft taking off stopped us hearing the SWO’s commands but then there was no problem for a few minutes. Then we heard a jet aircraft landing. While we had been on parade, Peter Twiss had set a new air speed record of 1132 mph in the Fairey Delta 2! It was also the first droop-snoot - later used on Concord. |
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