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89 relations: A342 road, Adjutant-General to the Forces, Aerial warfare, Aerodrome, Air Training Corps, Aircraft, Alan John Lance Scott, Anniversary, Archibald MacLean, Board of Admiralty, Bombsight, British Army, Central Flying School, Charles Breese, Charles Burke (British Army officer), Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom), Commandant, Commander Field Army, Duncan Pitcher, Edward Masterman, England, Farman Aviation Works, Farman MF.7, Felton Holt, Fixed-wing aircraft, Fleet Air Arm, Flight training, Fokker Eindecker fighters, Fokker F.VII, Frederick F. Minchin, Garrison, George VI, Gliding, Godfrey Paine, Grob Aircraft, Grob G103a Twin II, Hangar, Helicopter, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Internal combustion engine, James Robb (RAF officer), Jet aircraft, John Slessor, Landing, Latin, List of former Royal Air Force stations, List of Royal Air Force stations, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mess, Military administration, ..., Military glider, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Motto, Navy, Newfoundland (island), No. 1 Group RAF, No. 17 Squadron RAF, No. 3 Squadron RAF, Norman MacEwen, Patrick Playfair, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, RAF Air Support Command, RAF Halton, RAF Kenley, RAF Little Rissington, RAF Odiham, RAF Strike Command, RAF Transport Command, Rotorcraft, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Runway, Salisbury Plain, St. Raphael (aircraft), Stonehenge, Taxiway, Trenchard Museum, Upavon, Volunteer Gliding Squadron, Western Front (World War I), Wilfrid Freeman, Willie Read, Wiltshire, Winston Churchill, 800 Naval Air Squadron, 801 Naval Air Squadron, 820 Naval Air Squadron, 821 Naval Air Squadron. Expand index (39 more) »
A342 road
The A342 is an A road in England that runs from Pewsham near Chippenham, Wiltshire to Andover, Hampshire.
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Adjutant-General to the Forces
The Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General (AG), was for just over 250 years one of the most senior officers in the British Army.
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Aerial warfare
Aerial warfare is the battlespace use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare.
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Aerodrome
An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither.
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Air Training Corps
The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force.
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Aircraft
An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
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Alan John Lance Scott
Group Captain Alan John Lance Scott, (29 June 1883 – 16 January 1922) was an officer in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War and the following years.
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Anniversary
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.
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Archibald MacLean
Archibald Campbell Holms MacLean, (23 October 1883 – 30 April 1970) was an officer in the Royal Scots, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.
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Board of Admiralty
The Board of Admiralty was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission.
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Bombsight
A bombsight is a device used by military aircraft to accurately drop bombs.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.
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Central Flying School
The Central Flying School (CFS) is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of military flying instructors.
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Charles Breese
Air Vice Marshal Charles Dempster Breese, (23 April 1889 – 5 March 1941) was an officer in the Royal Navy and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century.
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Charles Burke (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James Burke (1881 or 82 – 9 April 1917) was an officer in the Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps and a military aviation pioneer.
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Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is the professional head of the Royal Air Force and a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Air Force Board.
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Commandant
Commandant is a title often given to the officer in charge of a military (or other uniformed service) training establishment or academy.
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Commander Field Army
Commander Field Army is a senior British Army officer who has responsibility for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations.
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Duncan Pitcher
Air Commodore Duncan le Geyt Pitcher, (31 August 1877 – 1 September 1944) was an infantry and cavalry officer in the British Indian Army.
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Edward Masterman
Air Commodore Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman, (15 April 1880 – 26 August 1957) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Farman Aviation Works
Farman Aviation Works (Avions Farman) was a French aircraft company founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman.
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Farman MF.7
The Maurice Farman MF.7 Longhorn is a French biplane developed before World War I which was used for reconnaissance by both the French and British air services in the early stages of the war before being relegated to service as a trainer.
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Felton Holt
Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, (23 February 1886 – 23 April 1931) was a squadron and wing commander in the Royal Flying Corps who became a brigadier general in the newly established Royal Air Force (RAF) just before the end of the First World War.
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Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft, such as an airplane or aeroplane (note the two different spellings), which is capable of flight using wings that generate lift caused by the vehicle's forward airspeed and the shape of the wings.
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Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.
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Flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft.
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Fokker Eindecker fighters
The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker.
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Fokker F.VII
The Fokker F.VII, also known as the Fokker Trimotor, was an airliner produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, Fokker's American subsidiary Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, and other companies under licence.
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Frederick F. Minchin
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin (16 June 1890 – disappeared 31 August 1927) was a British pilot of the Royal Air Force.
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Garrison
Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.
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George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.
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Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.
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Godfrey Paine
Rear Admiral Sir Godfrey Marshall Paine, (21 November 1871 – 23 March 1932) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force in the early part of the 20th century.
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Grob Aircraft
Grob Aircraft is a German aircraft manufacturer, previously known as Grob Aerospace.
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Grob G103a Twin II
The G103 Twin II (originally designated the G 118) is a German high performance two-seater sailplane made by Grob Aircraft.
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Hangar
A hangar is a closed building structure to hold aircraft, or spacecraft.
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Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.
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Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force.
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Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
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James Robb (RAF officer)
Air Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb, (26 January 1895 – 18 December 1968) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
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Jet aircraft
A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by jet engines (jet propulsion).
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John Slessor
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, (3 June 1897 – 12 July 1979), sometimes known as Jack Slessor, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF), serving as Chief of the Air Staff from 1950 to 1952.
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Landing
Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of former Royal Air Force stations
This list of former RAF stations is a list of all stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force.
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List of Royal Air Force stations
This list of RAF Stations is a list of all current Royal Air Force stations (military air bases), airfields, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force.
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).
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Mess
A mess or mess hall (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is an area where military personnel socialize, eat, and (in some cases) live.
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Military administration
Military administration identifies both the techniques and systems used by military departments, agencies, and Armed Services involved in the management of the armed forces.
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Military glider
Military gliders (an offshoot of common gliders) have been used by the military of various countries for carrying troops (glider infantry) and heavy equipment to a combat zone, mainly during the Second World War.
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MoD or MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.
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Motto
A motto (derived from the Latin muttum, 'mutter', by way of Italian motto, 'word', 'sentence') is a maxim; a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group or organization.
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Navy
A navy or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions.
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Newfoundland (island)
Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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No. 1 Group RAF
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No. 17 Squadron RAF
No.
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No. 3 Squadron RAF
No 3 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Typhoon F2, FGR4 and T3 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
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Norman MacEwen
Air Vice Marshal Sir Norman Duckworth Kerr MacEwen, (8 November 1881 – 29 January 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century.
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Patrick Playfair
Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, (22 November 1889 – 23 November 1974) was a commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force until his retirement during the Second World War.
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (Anne Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg) (née Lady Anne Savile) (born 25 May 1864 in London, England, United Kingdom; died 31 August 1927 in the North Atlantic Ocean) was an English socialite and aviation patron and enthusiast.
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RAF Air Support Command
Air Support Command of the Royal Air Force was formed on 1 August 1967 by the redesignation of Transport Command.
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RAF Halton
Royal Air Force Halton or more simply RAF Halton is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
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RAF Kenley
The former Royal Air Force Station Kenley, more commonly known as RAF Kenley was a station of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and the RAF in the Second World War.
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RAF Little Rissington
RAF Little Rissington is an RAF aerodrome and former RAF station in Gloucestershire, England.
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RAF Odiham
Royal Air Force Odiham or more simply RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the historic village of Odiham in Hampshire, England.
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RAF Strike Command
The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007 when it merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command.
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RAF Transport Command
RAF Transport Command was a Royal Air Force command that controlled all transport aircraft of the RAF.
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Rotorcraft
A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine that uses lift generated by wings, called rotary wings or rotor blades, that revolve around a mast.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War, until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
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Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".
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Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering.
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St. Raphael (aircraft)
The St.
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury.
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Taxiway
A taxiway is a path for aircraft at an airport connecting runways with aprons, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
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Trenchard Museum
The Trenchard Museum is based at RAF Halton, Halton, Buckinghamshire, England.
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Upavon
Upavon is a rural village and civil parish in the English County of Wiltshire, England.
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Volunteer Gliding Squadron
Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGSs) are Royal Air Force Flying Training (FT) units, operating military Viking TX.1 conventional gliders to train cadets from the Air Training Corps and the RAF section of the Combined Cadet Force.
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Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.
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Wilfrid Freeman
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, 1st Baronet, (18 July 1888 – 15 May 1953) was one of the most important influences on the rearmament of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the years up to and including the Second World War.
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Willie Read
Wing Commander William Ronald Read, & Two Bars (17 May 1885"Wing Commander Read Retires", The Times, 21 May 1932 – 1972) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force officer of World War I and the inter-war period.
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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800 Naval Air Squadron
800 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating No's 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights.
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801 Naval Air Squadron
801 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm squadron of the Royal Navy formed in 1933 which fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War.
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820 Naval Air Squadron
820 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed at RAF Gosport on 3 April 1933 with the transferral of the Fairey III aircraft from 450 Flight and half of 445 Flight of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force.
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821 Naval Air Squadron
821 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 with the transferral and amalgamation of the Fairey III aircraft from 446 and half of 455 Flight (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flights Royal Air Force to the newly formed Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upavon
