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ObsidianUrbex
@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · May 31, 2026
🆕 ✈️ 🇬🇧 New location feature: RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire. Opening in 1937 to provide air defence for the industrial cities of northern England. Its role shifted to pilot training in 1962, until 1992 when training units relocated elsewhere. It closed fully in 2013. Demolished 2020/2021. Full write-up and gallery on my website 👇 https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/military/raf-church-fenton-england/ #ChurchFenton #Aviation #History #AbandonedPlaces #RAF #UrbanExploration
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TheBadPlace
@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · Apr 30, 2026
The Guardian | Gordon Brown says he queried Andrew’s ‘unacceptable costs’ as trade envoy by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Gordon Brown revealed that in 2008 he ordered a colleague in the business department to question Prince Andrew — Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor — about “unacceptable costs” incurred while serving as a UK trade envoy, and he now urges police to widen their probe to include the prince’s use of public money. Brown noted that Prince Andrew regularly travelled on RAF flights and had asked for a separate fleet of government‑funded aircraft, a request the former chancellor rejected and reported to the queen. After Prince Andrew’s February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid investigations into his dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Brown called for officials from the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business and Trade and the Foreign Office to be interviewed and their records examined, and for a parliamentary select committee to assess whether public funds were misused for private or illicit purposes. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/29/gordon-brown-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-costs-public-funds #GordonBrown #PrinceAndrew #JeffreyEpstein #RAF #DefenceMinistry #AndrewMountbatten_Windsor
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DestinationsJourney
@DestinationsJourney@mastodon.world · Jan 28, 2026
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chris_bloke
@chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org · Jan 14, 2026
The Supermarine Spitfire will have the 90th anniversary of its maiden flight on the 5th March this year. https://the-past.com/feature/spitfire-at-90/ #avgeek #ww2 #RAF
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