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Glasgow Science Centre
www.glasgowsciencecentre.org
The Science Centre is the Irn Cru's place of work.
Cycles Maximus
www.cyclesmaximus.com
Maximus' expert Mike Bretton's business, based in Bath. It makes and supplies rickshaws.
617 Squadron — The Dambusters
www.dambusters.org.uk
Homepage of the 617 Squadron with images and maps, information on the aircraft and crew, diaries, links and more.
Acorn
www.acorntraps.co.uk
Suffolk-based company that produces a range of target launchers covering a vast range of disciplines.
Barnes Wallis — Genius of our Time
www.barneswallistrust.org
Barnes Wallis was at the forefront of aviation progress during virtually the whole of his working life and was the inventor of the bouncing bomb.
The Bouncing Bomb
www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/moorcraft/
The%20Bouncing%20Bomb.htm
A straightforward description of the bouncing bomb with diagrams.
The Kinetics of Explosions and the Ideal Gas Law
www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/moorcraft/Kinetics.htm
A simple explanation of what happens during an explosion.
The Magnus Effect
www.geocities.com/k_achutarao/MAGNUS/magnus.html
Explains the Magnus or Robin's Effect with diagrams. Also has links to other useful sites.
Skylaunch II Glider Winches
www.skylaunchuk.com
Irn Cru's expert, Mike Groves' business, manufacturing equipment for sailplane, gliding and soaring.
Who Were the Dam Busters?
http://simscience.org/cracks/dambusters.html
This site looks at the invention of the spinning cylindrical bomb and how it was used in the Second World War to bomb the German dams. The site also has clips from the famous film.
The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill (Pan, 1999)
Originally published in 1951 by Evans Brothers, this is the story of the 1943 raid when nearly 350 tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr, when the Lancasters of 617 Squadron breached the giant Möhne and Eder dams with 'blockbuster' bombs.
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Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson (Goodall Publications, 1998)
Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC writes affectionately about his beloved aircrews, describing in great detail the nightly drama of the bomber squadrons searching out their targets in the dangerous skies over Nazi Germany.
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The Dam Busters directed by Michael Anderson (DVD, 1954)
Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd star in this dramatisation of an actual operation in World War II in which low level British bombers drop skimming bombs into reservoirs in the Ruhr water system to cause floods destroying much of Germany's industrial base. This film has become a British institution.
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