Manchester has a world renowned international airport, and if had a group of rocket engineers had had their way, could Manchester have had a spaceport to launch rockets, too? A group of rocket engineers lead by Eric Burgess formed the Manchester Interplanetary Society in 1936. Working closely with the Sci Fi community, their headquarters were [...]
Gagarin – Pilot Cosmonaut
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On Saturday 26th March 2011 Barton Airfield is having a “Barton Airfield History Open day”. I will be speaking about “Gagarin the Pilot Cosmonaut” between 16:00 and 17:00. It is a free event but may have to pay £1.00 (all day) for the car park. Looking forward to this, did some of my initial flight [...]
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