Prince of Wales launches new UK centre for low-carbon aviation

28 January 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥Prince of Wales today launched the National Centre for Propulsion and Power during a visit to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. Based at the world famous Whittle Laboratory, the Centre aims to accelerate the development of decarbonisation technologies.

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Disaster at 37,000 feet

06 January 2020

Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library archive reveals the facts behind the Hollywood myths of ' ̽»¨Ö±²¥Aeronauts'

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Demonstrator aircraft

Watts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric

23 December 2014

An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in the UK, an important early step towards cleaner, low-carbon air travel.

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Screenshot from Attack Of  ̽»¨Ö±²¥Zeppelins, which airs on Monday

Attack of the Zeppelins

23 August 2013

An investigation into how the Zeppelins worked, and how they were defeated, led by Cambridge engineer Hugh Hunt, forms the subject of a Channel 4 documentary.

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A DC4 drops a bouncing bomb in the reconstructed Dambusters operation.

Bombs away: ̽»¨Ö±²¥Dambusters bounce back

30 April 2011

̽»¨Ö±²¥daring Dambusters raid of World War II, in which RAF pilots famously used a bouncing bomb to breach two German dams, has been recreated by a Cambridge-led team to prove how the amazing feat was achieved.

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