Vickers Type 888 Red Dean

Red Dean was an Air-to-Air Missile project started in late 1952. The missile was to use a pulse doppler guidance system. However, the technology was not available …

RAF Lightweight Torpedo Mk30

This is a passive anti-submarine weapon which reaches a speed of 19 knots and carries a 45kg (100lb) warhead activated by a proximity fuse. The acoustic head …

Rheinmetall Borsig Feuerlilie (Fire Lilly)

The F55 was the last stage of a surface-to-air missile project. The project aimed to research the aerodynamic and propulsion principles required for an effective surface-to-air missile. …

Ruhrstahl Kramer X4

The X4, was developed as an Air-to-Air Missile (AAM), although its use of wire guidance paved the way for modern anti-tank missiles, which often used wire guidance …

Henschel HS293

Development of the Henschel 293 began in May 1940; the research led by Professor Dr Herbert A Wagner. The HS293 was designed as a glider bomb based …

Fairey Fireflash

The Fireflash Air-to-Air Missile project started in 1949 as the ‘Blue Sky’ project. The missile had a strikingly unusual configuration that has yet to be repeated. The …

Fairey Separation Test Vehicle (STV)

The Fairey STV was developed in 1950 to test solid booster separation mechanisms for the Fairey Fireflash air-to air guided missile. The vehicle used an inert body …

Engine – Bristol Hercules 763

This sleeve-valve as its name implies has the inlet and exhaust valves in the form of a sleeve working between the piston and cylinder wall and driven …

Engine – Daimler Benz DB610

The DB610 engine is made by joining two DB605 engines; these are coupled together by means of a clutch and gearbox to drive a single four bladed …

Engine – de Havilland Ghost 50

The Ghost is larger and more powerful than the Goblin and is again distinguished from the Goblin by having only 10 combustion chambers. The Ghost was developed …

Morris Minor Traveller

This Morris Traveller, British Army, staff car was presented to the Museum by No. 24 Base Workshops; It was rebuilt by apprentices of 24 Base Workshop REME, …

Engine – de Havilland Gipsy 1

We have little information on this engine. It is one of the very early Gipsy types and dates from the late 1920s. Gipsy engines were originally designed …