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Rolls Royce 'Spirit of Innovation' electric aircraft

2021

Wind tunnel models of the "Wave rider"

1970-1980

Accolade Ceiling Pebble glass fibre insulation

1996

Crown Factory Clad glass fibre insulation

1996

Crown Factory Liner glass fibre insulation

1996

Glass Wool glass fibre insulation

1996

Crown Wool glass fibre insulation

1996

Crown Slab type S200 glass fibre insulation

1996

Crown Dritherm glass fibre insulation

1996

Electrolux Refrigeration Unit, 1953

1953

BR Gas Turbine Train, APT-E

1972

Sample of very fine unbonded glass fibre, 1968

1968

BAE Systems Phoenix Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

1986

Thermal shield, c.1982

1980-1982

Sample, Crown Framethern roll glass fibre insulation

1996

Sample, Crown 100 rolls Faced

1996

Crown Navy Board glass fibre insulation

1996

80-21 Voltage Controlled Digital Oscillator module.

1985
Gas turbine train, experimental, British Railways, APT-E, Advanced Passenger Train, power car.

Gas Turbine Train, APT-E Power Car

1972
Gas turbine train, experimental, British Railways, APT-E, Advanced Passenger Train, power car.

Gas Turbine Train, APT-E Power Car

1972
Display model of Concorde, dark blue.

Display Model of Concorde

Cabin floor ‘F-Board’ composite, with aluminium honeycomb core and woven roving fibre-glass sheet on both sides; an affixed paper label reads: “Part Hot Air Balloon cabin floor. 1974-593 (From Julian Nott)”, by Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland, 1970-1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Cabin floor sample, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1970-1973
Cabin floor ‘F-Board’ composite, with aluminium honeycomb core and woven roving fibre-glass sheet on both sides; a taped-on label reads: “… These pieces are the cut-outs for the two little windows. Ciba-Geigy ‘F Board’ + Glass-Fibre honey comb intl aluminium core.”, by Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland, 1970-1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Cabin floor sample, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1970-1973
Collection of glass fibre products

Collection of glass fibre products

Sample of Crown pipe insulation, one of two, SA Grade (bright, Class 'O' faced) glass fibre insulation, made by Owens-Corning, 1996.

Sample of Crown pipe insulation

1996
Sample of Crown pipe insulation, one of two, SA Grade (bright, Class 'O' faced) glass fibre insulation, made by Owens-Corning, 1996.

Sample of Crown pipe insulation

1996
Banner screen with fleur-de-lys pattern in glass fibre, manufactured by Dubus Bonnel to a design by Amédée Couder, France, c. 1840.

Banner screen with fleur-de-lys pattern in glass fibre

c.1840
Sample of Crown pipe insulation, one of two, glass mineral wool glass fibre insulation, made by Owens-Corning, 1996.

Sample of Crown pipe insulation

1996
Cabin floor ‘F-Board’ composite, with aluminium honeycomb infill and woven roving fibre-glass sheet on both sides, by Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland, 1970-1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon cabin: ‘Daffodil II’, with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Cabin floor sample, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1970-1973
Cabin shell woven-roving carbon fibre and fibre-glass sheet sample; a taped-on label reads: “Sample piece of cabin shell made before construction of cabin”, designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon cabin: ‘Daffodil II’, with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Cabin shell sample, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1973
glass fibre re-inforced filament products, consisting of : roving, 1980, standard "cheese" ; chopped strand mat; chopped strands; tissue

glass fibre re-inforced filament products

1980
A KW7 Lowline kayak, made of glass fibre reinforced plastic stiffened with Grafil® Courtaulds Carbon fibres, manufactured by Streamlyte Mouldings (Marine) Ltd, c.1965-1979. The upper section is painted red, while the lower is left unpainted to show the structure. A plate on the body of the kayak reads: “KW Kayaks – nameplate by Malby-Cal Ltd, Brighton".

Kayak made of glass fibre reinforced plastic stiffened with carbon fibre

1962-1980
Length of fibre-optic cable, by STC Submarine Systems, from the UK-Belgium 5 cable laid by CS Alert in 1986

Length of fibre-optic cable, by STC Submarine Systems

1986