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Short titleMiles Electronics C-130 simulator, RAF Thorney Island
Full descriptionMiles Electronics C-130 simulator, RAF Thorney Island.Exterior view from beneath the simulator cockpit during acceptance testing at the RAF base on 18th October 1968. This view shows the motion system which gave the simulator three degrees of freedom - heave, pitch and roll. The simulator was manufactured at the Miles Engineering workshops in Churchill Estate, Lancing. Walter Gardiner Photography Collection.
Date18/10/1968
Period1960s
Period dates1 Jan 1960-31 Dec 1969
Photographer or ArtistDerek Gardiner
FormatNegative
OwnerWest Sussex County Council Library Service
SubjectTransport/Aviation
Industry/Engineering
Military/Air Force

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/Lancing//West SussexNA441
/Thorney Island/West Thorney//West SussexNA354
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