Mike’s of Cardigan

 & Cardigan Electronics

    Established 1980

PROVE  TO  IMPROVE

Opened 1st September  1940

Closed 31st May  1984

A Guided Tour

Early Bloodhound Development post World War 2.

http://www.skomer.u-net.com/projects/violetfriend.htm

Links to other RAF / Bloodhound  related sites.

The Jindivik and Meteor Targets once based at RAE Llanbedre, North Wales http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/1999/dera/targets.htm

The Bloodhound Mk2 SAGW System.

Visit the biggest and best RAF Radar information site on the Internet

http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/bloodhound/bloodhound1.htm

Thunderbird Missile Site.

http://www.36regimentra.org.uk/TLaunch/id16.htm

RAF Aberporth Today, and it’s future

www.wda.co.uk/parcaberporth

Aer Lingus Aircraft  crashes near Tasker Rock 1968.

Rumours abound about Aberporth being responsible.

http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/andes/9522/

Interesting  Archive Cutaway Drawings of:

Bloodhound Mk1 Missile Mainbody, Thunderbird at boost separation, and a Jindivik Mk2.

http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/Image.aspx?GalleryName=Cutaways/Experimental%20and %20Space%20Systems/Missile%20and%20Space%20Systems&Image=Bloodhound-missile

http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/Image.aspx?GalleryName=Cutaways/Experimental%20and %20Space%20Systems/Missile%20and%20Space%20Systems&Image=E-E-Thunderbird-missile

http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/Image.aspx?GalleryName=Cutaways/UAVs&Image=Jindi vik-MK-2B

http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/

More to come in the New Year

Briitish Pathe Newsreels.  Bloodhound Mk 1 items.

Click on the link below for the British Pathe Home page.

Enter  “Bloodhound Missile” in the search box.

Register, and download the short free preview Bloodhound Mk1  firing Video’s from  the 1950’s, and first  deliveries to Northcoates.

http://www.britishpathe.com