A frequent visitor to Malta, ColorGrinder obtained permission to photograph the 200 ft sound mirror in Malta. His pictures are online at ‘Il Widna’ - The largest ear in Malta. They give a good indication of the surviving camouflage paint.
ColorGrinder also has a post about Tracking down the old Malta Railway.
“Norwichpaul” has posted some photographs of the 200ft long Sound Mirror at Maghtab in Malta on the Airfield Information Exchange forum.
Steven Vella of St Nicholas College in Malta has built a model of it.
A while ago I built a 4 mm/ft scale model of the somewhat smaller Tags: Malta
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The only sound mirror to be built outside England is a 200 foot example in Malta. When I visited the country earlier this year, I couldn’t miss out on the chance to go to see it.
Here are some photos and some background details of its history, and also details of how to find it.
