Tuesday 11 August 2020

Something completely different in 1:1 scale.

During the recent hot spell, my wife and I visited Abbotsbury Swannery and Sub-tropical garden. Both were very well laid out for social distancing and the cafes supplied good tea and sandwiches.
On almost reaching the exit from the Swannery I nearly missed the recovered half scale prototype of Barnes-Wallis' bouncing bomb. This was recovered from the Fleet in 1989 by Sea King.

First time I had heard of the recovery since learning of the testing in the Fleet whist at school.


 

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