Very low pass
© Stacey Olymbios (view gallery)
This Hawker Hunter displaying at the Lydd Air Show, with it`s unusual paintwork, was thrown about the sky very skillfully, and finished with a extremely low pass, passing the event cameraman. You can even see the pilot looking at the cameraman. Image cannot be loaded
Sound Mirrors, Lade Pitt, Denge, Lydd, Kent
© Stacey Olymbios (view gallery)
Pictured are all three Sound Mirrors at Lade Pitt, Denge Lydd, Kent.
These are situated on an island behind a caravan park between Greatstone-on-Sea and Lydd-on-Sea. They can be visited on one of the guided tours that take place three or four times a year, as they control the access bridge.
These were built before the WWII, but were rendered obselete within a couple of years as Radar technology arrived.
Thankfully the soldier that was sent out to demolish them, had to go back to his barracks to get some more explosives, and whilst there was given another task, so he never went back to finish off the job. Image cannot be loaded
Sound Wall, Lade Pitt, Denge, Lydd, Kent.
© Stacey Olymbios (view gallery)
Sound Wall, Lade Pitt, Denge, Lydd, Kent.
This is the largest, the curved Sound Wall and is 200 feet long. The only other one in existence is on Malta. Image cannot be loaded
Sound Mirror at Denge
© Stephen (view gallery)
This is the largest of the three mirrors and is 200 feet long..
They were built between 1928 and 1935 as part of Britain's national defence strategy. The low lying Romney Marsh was well suited for the placement of the Mirrors which were designed as early warning systems to pick up the sounds of approaching enemy aircraft coming over the English Channel. But the innovative technology was soon superseded by the invention of radar before the start of World War II. However, time spent constructing the Sound Mirrors was not wasted, as the technology used to create these led to developments of other aircraft detection systems. Image cannot be loaded
Sound mirrors at Denge Beach, Kent
© John Ware (view gallery)
Sound mirrors were used to detect firstly Zeppelins approaching England's east coast over the North Sea, then aircraft over the English Channel. They were superseded by radar in the late nineteen-thirties, but the centralised fighter control system they engendered was a vital factor in countering the air attacks on Britain in 1940. Image cannot be loaded
Rear of sound mirror at Denge Beach, Kent
© John Ware (view gallery)
Ony a few years ago the mirrors were in being undermined by gravel excavating. Now they are a listed historic monument and you can visit them on a guided tour. Image cannot be loaded
A Slideshow of Lydd, in the county of Kent
