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  1. Did I say I have #dived the #Bouncing #Bombs in #Lock #Striven near #Dunoon twice now? These are *not* the #Dambusters #Upkeep as deployed by #Lancaster #Bombers, but spherical #Highball bombs deployed by #Mosquito. These were the #RAF tools to sink the #Tirpitz. This was my first trip with the Seahorse #Dive Club with Tom. There are only two Highballs on the surface, #Brooklands and the de Havilland Aircraft Museum. This is a true underwater #museum!

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    #WWII #WW2 #Scuba

  2. BAC 1-11-475AM The BAC 1-11 was a moderately successful twin-engine jetliner (similar in configuration to the MD-80, Fokker 100, etc). This example - preserved at #Brooklands #Museum, #Weybridge, #UK - was a demonstrator for the then experimental 'Fly By Light' #fibreoptic #controlsystem. #BAC #airliner #aviation #technology #commercialaviation #aviationphotography #photography