Read on: — For the second issue we explore the incredible history of Hullavington — Dyson’s recently restored 750-acre airfield
#ON02.18 on:Hullavington — Absolutely riveting
Timeline 1066–2018
We draw a line back into the past, from the very beginning of the site including archaeological and archive records dating back to 1066 and the Norman invasion of Britain. This is the full account of Hullavington’s past, including unusual events like the filming of the film adaptation of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty Four” in one of the airfield’s hangars.
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Hullavington Revisited by Jonathan Glancey
Architecture critic and author, Jonathan Glancey, reveals the fascinating wartime story behind the birth of Hullavington airfield. He starts in the midst of a war being waged by turn of the century designers, architects, and aesthetes for the future of how Britain would look. During a romp through the design history of Hullavington we see the site change dramatically over time, ceasing to be an airfield but never losing its engineering spirit.
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Postcards from Hullavington: 1970, World Aerobatics Championships
In the post war years, R.A.F. Hullavington had fallen into a state of disrepair. The lifeblood of the airfield had flown away and without the planes and engineering there was very little activity on the site — leaving the hangars to rust and rot. Until, for two glorious weeks in 1970 when the World Aerobatics Championships brought the airfield roaring back into life. The dramatic events of the competition are retold here by the American pilot, Art Scholl, who actually took part in the show.
Q&A with Chris Wilkinson, Dyson’s Architect
Meeting with the architect who is quite literally “giving Dyson room to breathe” — the man who has designed, with Sir James, the plans for both Hangar 86 and Hullavington Airfield as a whole. Our editor, Henry Tobias Jones, met Chris in WilkinsonEyre’s award winning, Gasholders buildings in Kings Cross for an exclusive interview.
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Hangar 86 — Inside and out
Likewise, on: has been given the exclusive look behind-the-scenes at Hangar 86, the new home of Dyson’s electric vehicle engineering team. Nobody except Dyson’s automotive engineers will be allowed back into this top-secret building.
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