1976 Gallery

GLC-LFB Fire boat - Fire Hawk

Entering service in February 1976, the Fire Hawk was built by Watercraft of Shoreham at a cost of £60, 000. Measuring 45 feet in length, 13.5 inch beam and with a 3.5 foot draft, she had a top speed of 17 knots. With a single fixed monitor forward, the twin portable pumps provided a pumping capacity of 1200 gpm (5400 litres per minute). The Fire Hawk was sold off in 2000

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

KING KONG, 1976. King Kong straddling the World Trade Center. Advertisement, 1975, for Dino de Laurentiis remake, released the following year, of the original King Kong film of 1933

KING KONG, 1976.
King Kong straddling the World Trade Center.
Advertisement, 1975, for Dino de Laurentiis remake, released the following year, of the original King Kong film of 1933

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Flight simulator in use, RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire

A flight simulator in use at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire. Before computers, flight simulators used actual models of different airfields in order to train pilots. The model used here was of the RAF base on Gan Island in the Indian Ocean. A colour TV camera relayed a picture of the scale model to a screen in the mock up of a Hercules Transport aircraft. Detail on the model was so precise that final work had to be carried out under a magnifying lens. Date: circa 1976

© Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON