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Westland...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:14 pm

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Prompted by the high quality of their film unit in the 50's...

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I assume that this was the crash to which refer C16?

Yes, that's the one. Some years before, maybe 71/72, the Captain, Ben Breach, was...

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Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:02 pm
Downright Weird Aircraft...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:37 pm

Something out of that beautiful Japanese film The Wind Rises.. .

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:37 pm
Another Navy Wings article...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:24 am
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Another anecdote brought to us courtesy of the Navy Wings folks. Please feel free to bung them a contribution , or even better, join up as a...

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I was fortunate to partake on Excellent when the order Splice the Mainbrace was ordered on the occasion of Prince Charles wedding. They made no...
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Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:28 pm
A 'new' one for me

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by Boac » Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:53 pm

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Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:31 am
De Havilland 108 "Swallow"...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:57 pm
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I recently reread Wings On My Sleeve by Eric 'Winkle' Brown and was interested in his comments on the DH 108 which he flew as part of the...

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Bristol from Freighter to 188
Saunders Roe, boats to SR177
Shorts Sterling to Belslow
Blackburn
Gloucester Javelin to Meteor (I reversed that...
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Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 pm
Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class

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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:45 pm

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I was reading about the Battle of the Philippine Sea and was amazed to read that 80% of the Curtiss SB2C Helldivers that were deliberately launched...

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90 kn (100 mph; 170 km/h) airspeed; since the speed of approach to land on a carrier was supposed to be 85 kn (98 mph; 157 km/h)

No wonder they had...

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Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:10 pm
Absolute Bliss....

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by CharlieOneSix » Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:59 pm

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Just spent an entralling 18 minutes watching this video. The silver Tiger Moth in RN colours, T8191, was my steed for my first powered solo from...

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You must do this flight C16. Please let me know when you do and I will fly down to Henstridge to watch you fly and lunch will be on me.

You're on,...

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Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:40 pm
The Blackburn Botha

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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:43 pm

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The dog contrived to wake me up in the wee hours of the morning so I sat and watched a most affecting programme showing home made cine film taken...

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FIrst Episode of Lost Films of WWII

Second Episode

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Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:57 pm
A time when aviating was very different

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by Alisoncc » Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:40 am

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Air Outpost (1937)

Preparations begin for the arrival of the airliner. She is east bound for India and Australia Four days out from England
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If...

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That quadrangle in the Sharjah film still exists. It's called Mahatta and now houses an air museum. It's now totally surrounded by the business...

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Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:57 pm
Farnborough 1951

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by G-CPTN » Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:52 pm

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Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:52 pm
MD-160 Ekranoplan may be saved as museum

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by FD2 » Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:25 am
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I think this was the biggest of the ekranoplans (I seem to remember there were smaller versions) - the MD-160 - and I don't know how far its...

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A hovercraft that size looks way too vulnerable for a contested beach landing. Those great big fans at the back are just asking for a missile of some...
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Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:36 pm
Barnstorming days...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:03 am

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One wheel on my aircraft...

Gladys Ingle of the 13 Black Cats team...

Must admit that I begin to get vertigo when watching this.

Gladys...

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Don't need facemasks as they are more than 2m apart?

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Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:22 pm
The 4 o'clock Avanti...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:54 am

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I noted the return of the unholy roar come whine, that lasts over 5 minutes in its coming and going, of the 4 o'clock Avanti that routes via the LAM...

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I also have a connection with the Avanti in that I did the translation of some of the Pilot's Notes. Involved a nice to Genova and a couple of hours...

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Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:44 am
Two classics, today, in Miami

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by fin » Wed May 06, 2020 8:48 pm

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Webshot from a cam alongside KMIA, which is pretty not-busy just now.

P-38 & B-747.JPG

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Yup. In my case, 4 months before.

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Sat May 09, 2020 12:47 am
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey

Last post by Capetonian « Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:57 am
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by Capetonian » Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:41 pm

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A great place for a day out and not just for 'boys', there's a huge amount to see, historic civilian and military aircraft, cars, motor bikes, and...

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As many of you will know, I am an avid supporter of Brooklands, a Club Level Member, and a volunteer on the aircraft side. My activities at the...

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Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:57 am
Another 'great' bites the dust.

Last post by Boac « Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:23 pm
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by Boac » Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:34 pm

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Roger Topp AFC**

Post by 9arrow » Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:43 pm
Regret to inform you that Air Commodore Topp passed away today. As leader of 111...

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Aha! Minus the piccies, then for your 'Belly Laugh'?

Air Commodore Roger Topp, who has died aged 96, created a sensation at the 1958 Farnborough Air...

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Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:23 pm
1961 - Lydd to Ostend in the Bristol Frightener

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by CharlieOneSix » Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:45 pm

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Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:43 pm
Aviation pics from a bygone age that might be of interest

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by Alisoncc » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:57 pm
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Came across this on a non-aviation forum I occasionally frequent. A view inside Tollerton's main hangar, showing two DC-3s, a York, Proctors and a...

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It's funny how memory can play tricks. The Hastings accident I mentioned actually occurred in 1957 when a practice asymmetric thrust landing went...
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Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:49 am
Fairey Gannet

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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:54 pm
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I have always been fascinated by the Fairey Gannet having only ever seen the example in the Duxford museum. The concept of the contra rotating props...

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It’s high up on the list of stupid cliches Goblin. Like playing rock type music whenever a car or speedboat etc appears in a travel doc. Next...
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Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:49 pm
No Highway in the Sky on TV

Last post by Alisoncc « Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:45 am
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by Capetonian » Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:12 pm

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Missed the first half, but the 1951 film is showing on Talking Pictures TV.
Adaptation of Neville Shute's novel.
Excellent.

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Youtube. Watching it now.

Just watched it on Youtube. Superb movie. About a third of the way through mention was made about the Ministry, ARB........

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Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:45 am
What was it like Dad?

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Dec 19, 2019 2:25 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:26 am

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Thu Dec 19, 2019 2:25 am
Sea Harrier 40

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by CharlieOneSix » Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:07 pm

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A dinner to celebrate 40 years since the entry of the Sea Harrier into service was held in London on 7 November and raised £80,000 to support the...

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Had a prefect at my school called Horst Goering. As one might imagine he was a total bastard, just like his namesake.

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:15 am
Maude 'Lores' Bonney

Last post by ian16th « Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:49 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:13 am

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Maude 'Lores' Bonney

I had never heard of this woman until today thanks to Google! Shame on me.

Maude Rose ‘Lores’ Bonney, who made history as...

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Not content with her 1933 feat from Australia to the UK, four years later she became the first person to fly solo from Australia to South Africa....

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Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:49 am
The Faithful "Annie"

Last post by ian16th « Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:31 pm
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by 603DX » Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:52 pm

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I have a soft spot for the Avro Anson, in RAF service from 1936 to 1968. A versatile twin engined workhorse of relatively modest origins, it was...

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Behind that vintage airfield tractor

A David Brown Taskmaster, I believe.

The profits of which, kept Aston Martin in business.

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Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:31 pm
Britannia comes home

Last post by ian16th « Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:49 am
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by om15 » Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:55 pm

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This Britannia survived it's post RAF life in Africa and came back to Kemble in 1997, I didn't work on the type but flew in it a couple of times as...

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..........although one ex BOAC/British Eagle aircraft, a series 312, was operated and registered as XX367..........and BOAC as G-AOVM. ( says Wiki. )...

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