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Royal progress at Wichelstowe
The Duchess with hard working volunteers by the canal at Wichelstowe
The Patron of the Wilts & Berks The trust is planning to connect
Canal Trust Her Royal Highness The the one mile stretch of the original
Duchess of Cornwall visited the canal to the new mile long section
town on 13 July to inaugurate a
of the canal at East Wichel which
SALE Dragonfly, the trust’s craft which ship with Barratt Homes to build
was recently constructed in a joint
new landing stage at Wichelstowe
next to Waitrose in West Wichel.
venture with Swindon Council.
The council has agreed a partner-
She arrived aboard the narrowboat
3,000 houses at West Wichel, on
allows the public the chance to
enjoy trips on the historic stretch of either side of the canal which will
water which once flowed through
be joined from the rebuilt section at
Royal Wootton Bassett.
Swindon town centre.
Once ashore the Duchess, who
Over the next ten years the trust
aims to reconnect 70 miles of
has been patron for eight years,
UP TO
the Thames at Abingdon.
in front of trust volunteers and
60% OFF unveiled a commemorative plaque restored canal between Bath and
See the picture gallery at:
supporters, sponsors and civic
dignitaries.
www.bit.ly/HRHwichelstowe
Local author reveals German
BIKES - CLOTHING - ACCESSORIES World War II aviation achievements
Swindon based award-winning
journalist and aviation historian
Lance Cole has published a
fascinating investigation into how
aeronautic technologies developed
by German scientists influenced the
design of aircraft in the 1950s and
60s.
A trained designer and glider pilot,
STARTS AUGUST 1 st he has written ten books and many
feature articles for newspapers and
magazines worldwide.
Secret Wings of World War II, is
a detailed examination of German
aeronautics before the war, how
the Nazis invested heavily in the
technology, and how the Allies
and Russians swooped in to acquire legends and popular conspiracy
valuable knowledge as the Third theories and attempts to uncover
Reich collapsed. the truth.
The designs appeared in post-war The fully illustrated book at £25 is
British aircraft like the English Elec- published by Pen & Sword Aviation
www.hargrovescycles.co.uk tel: 01793 528208 tric Lightning, and the Vulcan which and is available from
has just flown for the last time. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
Cole also tackles questions about
Unit 9, Penzance Drive, Churchward Park how far ahead German scientists • In 2012 Lance Cole published
Secrets of the Spitfire: The Story of
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 7RX actually were, checks out stories of Beverley Shenstone, The Man Who
Nazi UFOs, and charts the aeronauti-
cal story from its origins, through Perfected the Elliptical Wing.
present-day innovations and beyond, He will be speaking at Swindon
into the all-wing future of tomorrow. Remembers in September - see page
The book also covers myths, 26.
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