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The article discusses the highlights of the 2012 Farnborough Air Show in England which was held on July 9, 2012. The opening of the show featured the Red Arrows in their vintage Hawk jets, the Avro Vulcan bomber, which gave the event a 1970s retro look. Some of the activities include aerobatic displays and flight demonstrations from manufacturers all over the world. An overview of Canada and the aviation industry's participation in the event is provided.

An article discussing innovations in the tactical delivery of atomic bombs by Republic F-84G aircraft is presented. The author explains how developments in the ballistic delivery of the Mark 7 nuclear bomb in the early 1950s were necessitated by Cold War tensions. An explanation of the low altitude bombing system (LABS,) reasons the United States desired a technique to deliver atomic bombs when visibility was poor, and the role of Wethersfield Air Base in England are also addressed.

The article illustrates the air raids of the English Channel by bombers in London. There could be nobody at the War Office or the Air Ministry and officials can do anything much to stop it. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, incharged of the passive defense program to the House of Commons noted that they have been driven to admit that no air-raid precautions can ensure to the population in the industrialized European country.

This article informs that one of the most remarkable religious structures of the ages is rising in old Coventry, England, the city that came back from the dead after German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's bombers destroyed it. Cathedrals are not built every day. The birth of a new Anglican cathedral at Coventry, about a hundred miles northwest of London, would be considered news even if it were not for the dramatic circumstances that form the background of the enterprise. Old Coventry was the first British city to be razed by German bombers in World War II.

Presents quotes from various publications related to political and social events that took place around the world. Basis on which future trade relationships between Germany and the United States must be founded; Request of financial aid to build rejuvenating garden, where old people can become or grow youthful; Statement made by Mayor Frank Hague to the people of New Jersey on how to choose their candidates; Reference to the damage done by bombers in London, England.

The article informs that Avro Heritage Museum located in Manchester, England has completed the restoration of Avro Vulcan B.2 XM603, bomber plane, at Woodford, Cheshire, wearing an anti-flash white scheme, and mentions that plane was unveiled on October 25, 2016.

The article relates the author's experience in working as aerodynamicist at the research department of Handley-Page Aircraft in England during the cold war. He helped build the Royal Air Force bomber Victor which was specifically designed to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow, Russia. He was informed that the director of research Doktor Gustaf Lachmann had flown in a fighter squadron. He cites the challenges he faced in working with the young women in charge of calculations.

Recalls the role of the Polish armed forces that served in the Second World War under British command. Reference to the Polish airmen whose bomber crashed in Long Ashton, Somerset; Poland's role in the war; Memorial plaque that was put up in Long Ashton to remember the airmen; How, until National Commemoration Day 2005, the Polish veterans were overlooked.

The article reports that the rear fuselage of a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft will be publicly displayed by the Boxted Airfield Historical Group at its museum in Essex, England in 2011.

The article reports on the opening of an exhibition of a Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b bomber at the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon in England on July 1, 2009. The Royal Flying Corps ordered the aircraft from Richard Garrett and Sons Ltd. in November 1917, but only the fuselage nacelle was completed. The Retrotec firm was tasked to restore the engine, assemble the aircraft and improve its surface. The aircraft is described as significant to the museum's collection.

The article reports on the likely completion of the test flying programme of the restored Vulcan B2 XH558/G-VLCN bomber on May 9, 2008, following its return to its home base at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England. With the return, the team from the Vulcan Operating Co. had done all the work necessary for the granting of a Permit to Fly.

The article features the restored Vicker Wellington bombers which were displayed at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum and Brooklands Museum in England. Accordingly, Brooklands plane was the only bomber who saw 14 bombing missions over Europe. Moreover, the plane was found 230 feet under water at the bottom of Loch Ness by Royal Navy divers. The bomber had been on a practice flight with six navigators when it ran into heavy snow that apparently blocked its engine which resulted to its breakup.

The article announces that a rare World War I bomber rescued from a maharaja's elephant stable in India will soon go on display at the Imperial War Museum's new AirSpace exhibition hangar in Duxford, England. In 1995 a British backpacker and aviation enthusiast stumbled across rotting wood and canvas parts from three de Havilland D.H.9s at the Palace of Bikaner in Rajasthan. Hearing about the man's find, aircraft restorer Guy Black visited the site and purchased the dilapidated bombers.

Announces the flight of a replica of the 1919 Vickers Vimy bomber to England on August 23, 1994 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the first England-to Australia flight.

Focuses on a series of articles about aeronautics published in the April 3, 1955 issue of "Flight International" journal. Development of the Ages ballistic missile and the Snark bomber in the U.S.; Purpose of the Siamese government for ordering several Hiller 12-B helicopters; Information on the arrival of a II-14 aircraft of the Russian Air Force in London, England.