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Title: A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999
Condition: New
Author: Joe Bamford, Peter Gallagher, John Williams
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781781557648
ISBN: 9781781557648
Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
Genre: Technology & Engineering
Topic: Law & Politics, Travel & Transport
Release Date: 16/04/2020
Description: Having been classified by the Air Ministry as a ‘Master Diversion’ airfield, RAF Manston was for many years open twenty-four hours a day and available to both civil and military aircraft 365 days a year. It was also later equipped with the Pyrene foam system, which both civil and military aircraft could use when they had problems with their undercarriage: there is no doubt that the foam carpet saved many lives. The most spectacular occasion that it was used was on 20 April 1967 when a British Eagle Britannia made a complete wheels-up landing. It is claimed that Manston was the only station to serve in every command of the RAF and until its closure in 1999; it probably dealt with more diverse types of aircraft than any other station. During its eighty-three years as a Royal Naval/ RAF airfield, it played host to the Sopwith Camel, Spitfire, Bf 109, He 111, B-29, B-47, Tu-104, F-84 and Concorde, plus many other types that are too numerous to mention.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Width: 12mm
Item Weight: 417g
Release Year: 2020

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