http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/woomera-australia-with-peter-gafney/ Mon, 21 May 2012 21:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/woomera-australia-with-peter-gafney/#comment-216 Peter Gafney Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:05:51 +0000 http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/woomera-australia-with-peter-gafney/#comment-216 Thankyou Malcolm for your very kind words. I would just like to elaborate on one small point. The aircraft which is currently undergoing restoration at Speke is the actual aircraft in which I flew all those years ago. I did the return journey in the same aircraft twice! There are three other Brittanias and one nose section in museums around the country. I would concur that this was the era which saw the high point of UK home grown rocket technology. It is such a shame that meddling governments saw fit to destroy it. Thankyou Malcolm for your very kind words. I would just like to elaborate on one small point. The aircraft which is currently undergoing restoration at Speke is the actual aircraft in which I flew all those years ago. I did the return journey in the same aircraft twice! There are three other Brittanias and one nose section in museums around the country.
I would concur that this was the era which saw the high point of UK home grown rocket technology. It is such a shame that meddling governments saw fit to destroy it.

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