Gaydon is a village in Warwickshire, England, close to Leamington Spa. Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Royal Pump Rooms and Baths Map sources for Leamington Spa at grid reference SP3165 Royal Leamington Spa, usually shortened to Leamington Spa or Leamington (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ...

During World War II a large RAF station was built near the vilage. After the war, this became home to a number of units of Britain's V bomber force of Vulcans, Victors and Valiants. The airfield was used for operational bombers until 1965 at which point it became home to training squadrons. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ... The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the UKs strategic nuclear strike force. ... The Avro Vulcan was a British-built jet-engined, delta-winged subsonic bomber, once part of the RAFs V bomber force. ... The Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft, one of the V bombers intended to carry Britains nuclear arsenal. ... this article is about the jet powered bomber, for the biplane see Vickers 131 Valiant. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

The station closed in 1974 and the airfield was bought in 1978 by British Leyland, and became a proving ground for its cars. This evolved into the Gaydon centre (where Land Rover has its design headquarters) and the Heritage Motor Centre, a museum of many British cars. Recently Aston Martin built a factory here for its car production. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ... Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. ...