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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284B_tallboy-bomb_Weybridge-England.html
'Tallboy' Bomb (1944/45)
Length 21ft (6.6m) Weight 12,000lb (5,443kg)
Designed by Barnes Wallis for Vickers-Armstrong of Brooklands during World War Two, the 12,000lb 'earthquake' bomb was used successfully against the German Tirpitz battleship …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284A_bac-aerospatiale-concorde_Weybridge-England.html
BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde G-BBDG 'Delta Golf' (1974)Concorde G-BBDG was the second production Concorde and the first British production aircraft. Construction began in early 1970 at Brooklands and Toulouse.
Delta Golf's first flight was made by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2849_rolls-royce-snecma-olympus-593_Weybridge-England.html
Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593
Type History: First test run at Bristol in 1950 (as the 9,140lb static thrust BE.10 Olympus turbojet), this highly successful jet engine entered production in 1955 as the 11,000lb Olympus Mk.101 for the Avro Vulcan …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2848_bac-hunting-jet-provost_Weybridge-England.html
BAC/Hunting Jet Provost T.3A XN586 (1961)
Type History: Designed by Hunting Aircraft Ltd at Luton and derived from the piston-engined Percival P.56 Provost T.1 two-seat military trainer of 1950, the prototype Percival P.84 Jet Provost T.Mk1, XD6…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2847_vickers-1103-vc-10_Weybridge-England.html
Vickers 1103 VC-10 ex: G-ASIX I A40-AB (1964)
Type History: The first VC-10, registration G-ARTA, made its maiden flight from Brooklands on 29 June 1962. The largest all-British production airliner ever built, a further 53 examples (32 'standard'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2846_jetstream-t-mk-1_Weybridge-England.html
Jetstream T Mk. 1 XX499
Length: 14.37m (47ft 1in) Span: 15.85m (52ft) Height 5.32m (17ft 5in) Max speed: 488km/h (264 mph) Range: 1,260 km (783 miles) Service ceiling: 7620 m (25,000 ft). First Flight: 18th August 1967
This aircraft flew with 45…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2841_a-v-roe_Weybridge-England.html
A.V Roe
From this area, on various dates in 1907-8, A.V Roe made a series of towing flights and flight trials with an aircraft of his own design and construction, powered, in the later trials, by an 18/24 h.p. Antoinette engine. These trials were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2840_sir-henry-birkin-bt_Weybridge-England.html
To the Memory of a Great Sportsman
And Brilliant Driver
Sir Henry Birkin Bt.
Who died on June 22 1933 from injuries after his last road race at Tripoli. Here, on the scene of his many victories this bronze was erected by members of the British …