Fort des Dunes is a 19th century fort built among the sand dunes at Leffrinckoucke in Northern France just behind the famous beach of Dunkirk. In fact it lies about eight kilometres from the border with Belgium and six kilometres from the centre of Dunkirk, so roughly...
An interesting article appeared in the Southern Daily Echo regional newspaper yesterday, about a Britten-Norman Trislander joining the collection at the Solent Sky museum in Southampton Iconic Trislander at Solent Sky Museum in Southampton What struck me was some of the slightly mean-minded comments about the Trislander,...
We are supposedly on the brink of an aviation revolution and the general public have little idea what’s about to happen. The moment is soon coming when the aviation technologies that many people are vaguely aware off, actually transition into the real thing. When people see an...
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has just published its latest annual statistics for vehicles registered in the UK, aka the UK 2024 motorparc* data. There are some interesting, if not entirely surprising, trends. In 2024 there were a record 42 million vehicles on UK...
The Alvis Car Company has delivered its latest continuation car, a beautiful art deco Lancefield, to Japan, where it’ll be unveiled at Automobile Council 2025 in Chiba City, today. What is a continuation car? A “continuation car” is a new vehicle built to the exact specifications of...
The London Museum Docklands opened its new exhibition ‘Secrets of the Thames: mudlarking London’s lost treasures’ last week. It’s an exquisite exhibition focused on fascinating archaeological objects found on the Thames foreshore and the role of the “mudlarks” who found them and continue to expose thousands of...
This is an interesting tale. A Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft is being returned to the Netherlands where it will go on display at the National Military Museum, Soesterberg. The biplane was designed during the First World War, and went into service with the Dutch Fleet Air Arm...
Kynren, the epic scale outdoor performance at Bishop Auckland in northeast England, has announced plans to build a brand-new historical theme park, Kynren – The Storied Lands. Kynren – An Epic Tale of England is a massive 90-minute theatrical show presented on summer evenings on a seven-and-a-half...
A Chinese high-tech automotive company, XPENG, has announced its official entry into the UK electric car market and opened the pre-sale of its first right-hand drive model, the ultra-smart all-electric mid-size coupe SUV, XPENG G6. XPENG is developing state-of-the-art driving assist systems that can be updated over...
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu has presented award certificates at the National Motor Museum (NMM) to students who successfully participated in the Mechanix course and restored a classic Hillman Super Minx personally donated by National Motor Museum’s Chief Executive, Jon Murden. Jon Murden says, “About a year ago...
Is the Rolls-Royce brand moving into the perfume market? No, but it is introducing Rolls-Royce Scent, an “immersive fragrance concept” for its cars. We know how Rolls-Royce Motor Cars are obsessed with detail and perfection, but tell me if you think this is taking the customer experience...
The Renault Filante Record 2025 is an electric demo car developed to maximise energy efficiency and set a new record for power consumption and range with an 87 kWh battery, i.e. the same capacity as on a standard Renault Scenic E-Tech car. You might think that’s a...
The Swedish army has always wanted to arm itself independently with Swedish designed vehicles (The Strv S being an obvious example), but at the same time it has been pragmatic enough to recognise when local design and development is lagging behind, and has gone shopping for foreign...
The Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum is built around the remains of Deborah, a British WW1 tank that took part in a major armoured attack on German lines in November 1917. Battle of Cambrai The town of Cambrai in the Nord department of France, north of Paris and...
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