Then and now: the amazing story of how a windswept airfield on the Lizard was used by legendary inventor Sir Barnes Wallis (he of bouncing bomb Dambusters fame). Wallis was researching designs to acheive supersonic flight in the 1950s – he imagined flying direct to Australia in just five hours. At Predannack Airfield, the remains of his test site remain to this day, overgrown and now a nature reserve - and the Royal Navy airfield is still used for the latest technological research by our own 700
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Then and now: the amazing story of how a windswept airfield on the Lizard was used by legendary inventor Sir Barnes Wallis (he of bouncing bomb Dambusters fame). Wallis was
Then and now: the amazing story of how a windswept airfield on the Lizard was used by legendary inventor Sir Barnes Wallis (he of bouncing bomb Dambusters fame). Wallis was researching designs to acheive supersonic flight in the 1950s – he imagined flying direct to Australia in just five hours. At Predannack Airfield, the remains of his test ...
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