Protection for radar equipment, Freckleton, Lancashire
Sep. 18, 1961 - Europe's largest Reinforced Plastics Structure Completed : The largest reinforced plastics structure yest made in Europe, aground radome, which looks like a giant three - quarter football, has just been completed and erected fro test by English electric at Freckleton, Lancs. The structure, for the protection of defence radar equipment, is designed to withstand hurricane - force winds and temperatures well below zero. It is nearly 70 feet in diameter and more than 50 feet high. Photo shows The plastic radome
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46989644
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Aground Diameter Erected Freckleton Hurricane Lancs Nearly Plastics Radar Radome Reinforced Temperatures Winds Withstand Yest
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