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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284B_tallboy-bomb_Weybridge-England.html
'Tallboy' Bomb (1944/45)
Length 21ft (6.6m) Weight 12,000lb (5,443kg)
Designed by Barnes Wallis for Vickers-Armstrong of Brooklands during World War Two, the 12,000lb 'earthquake' bomb was used successfully against the German Tirpitz battleship …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284A_bac-aerospatiale-concorde_Weybridge-England.html
BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde G-BBDG 'Delta Golf' (1974)Concorde G-BBDG was the second production Concorde and the first British production aircraft. Construction began in early 1970 at Brooklands and Toulouse.
Delta Golf's first flight was made by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2849_rolls-royce-snecma-olympus-593_Weybridge-England.html
Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593
Type History: First test run at Bristol in 1950 (as the 9,140lb static thrust BE.10 Olympus turbojet), this highly successful jet engine entered production in 1955 as the 11,000lb Olympus Mk.101 for the Avro Vulcan …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2848_bac-hunting-jet-provost_Weybridge-England.html
BAC/Hunting Jet Provost T.3A XN586 (1961)
Type History: Designed by Hunting Aircraft Ltd at Luton and derived from the piston-engined Percival P.56 Provost T.1 two-seat military trainer of 1950, the prototype Percival P.84 Jet Provost T.Mk1, XD6…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2847_vickers-1103-vc-10_Weybridge-England.html
Vickers 1103 VC-10 ex: G-ASIX I A40-AB (1964)
Type History: The first VC-10, registration G-ARTA, made its maiden flight from Brooklands on 29 June 1962. The largest all-British production airliner ever built, a further 53 examples (32 'standard'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2846_jetstream-t-mk-1_Weybridge-England.html
Jetstream T Mk. 1 XX499
Length: 14.37m (47ft 1in) Span: 15.85m (52ft) Height 5.32m (17ft 5in) Max speed: 488km/h (264 mph) Range: 1,260 km (783 miles) Service ceiling: 7620 m (25,000 ft). First Flight: 18th August 1967
This aircraft flew with 45…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2845_vickers-viscount-837_Weybridge-England.html
Vickers Viscount 837 XT575 Cockpit Section (1960)
This exhibit was manufactured at Brooklands by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd in 1960 and first operated by Austrian Airlines registered OE-LAG.
It was later purchased by the Royal Aircraft Establishmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2844_vickers-806-viscount_Weybridge-England.html
Vickers 806 Viscount G-APIM 1958
Aircraft Type History
The Vickers Viscount - the world's first turboprop airliner - was one of the few commercially successful aircraft of postwar Britain. First flight of the prototype was at Wisley on 16/7/194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2843_g-agru_Weybridge-England.html
G-AGRU
Built at Brooklands in 1946
by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Type History
The Vickers VC.1 Viking was a British built twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Wellington bomber and built at Brooklands by Vickers Armstrongs Ltd. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2842_vickers-merchantman_Weybridge-England.html
Vickers Merchantman (Vanguard), 1969
Cruising Speed 435 mph (684.000Km) at 20000 Ft. (6.096km)
This is the only surviving example of the 44 Vickers Vanguard airliners produced. The Vanguard was conceived as a replacement for the Viscount for…