On this day (20th April) in 1968, Enoch Powell delivered his famous speech attacking the British government's immigration policy. In it, he said, amongst other things, "Like the Roman, I seem to see the river Tiber foaming with much blood."
Did you know the British Lightning once outran the F-14 and F-15 to catch a Concorde? π§ This isn't a fairytale, it happened in April 1985 during a NATO exercise. British Airways offered up their supersonic flagship as the ultimate high-altitude rabbit, challengeing NATOβs best