Probably little known outside the UK, but the Dan Dare comic strip from the Eagle features a Very capable woman in the person of Professor Jocelyn Peabody. This comic strip dates back to the early 1950's, and although in many respects it can be seen as RAF Battle of Britain fighter pilots in space, was in many ways quite forward looking with women and non Anglo Saxon people in positions of authority and fully capable of holding their own. I believe it played a part in shaping the young me and my interest in science and attitude toward others, much as Star Trek did for a later generation.
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Of the V Bombers, only the Vulcan B2 used the Olympus engine. The version used in Concorde was closer to the engine that was under development for TSR2. A Vulcan was used to flight test the Concorde engine.
]]>In 2004, the Swedish government received a request from the United States to lease HSwMS Gotland – Swedish-flagged, commanded and manned, for a duration of one year for use in antisubmarine warfare exercises. The Swedish government granted this request in October 2004, with both navies signing a memorandum of understanding on 21 March 2005.[5][6] The lease was extended for another 12 months in 2006.[7][8][9] In July 2007, HSwMS Gotland departed San Diego for Sweden.[10]
HSwMS Gotland managed to snap several pictures of USS Ronald Reagan during a wargaming exercise in the Pacific Ocean[when?], effectively "sinking" the aircraft carrier.[11] The exercise was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the US fleet against diesel-electric submarines, which some have noted as severely lacking.[12][13] In 2001, during the exercise JTFEX 01-2 in the Caribbean Sea, the German U24 of the conventional 206 diesel-electric class "sank" the carrier Enterprise by firing flares and taking a photograph through its periscope.[14]
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