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We miss our Pigs....
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EA01 » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:14 pm
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Not sure if this should be in 'FIXED WING It is a 'polymorph'?....anyway, blazing through my home town.,.not me regrettably,...but lovely footage...
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Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:51 am
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Ripley's Believe it or Not...
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 am
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Sent to me by a correspondent yesterday... Unbelievable but true...
Otter 449 was delivered to Trans Provincial Air Carriers Ltd., (later re-named...
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Helicopters to the rescue once again...
There were also two helicopters in the area, which were also involved in bringing in fuel and other...
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Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:12 am
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Sat Jan 30, 2021 12:23 pm
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Westland...
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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
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Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:37 pm
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Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:31 am
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De Havilland 108 "Swallow"...
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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
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Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class
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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
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Absolute Bliss....
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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
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The Blackburn Botha
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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
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A time when aviating was very different
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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
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Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:52 pm
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MD-160 Ekranoplan may be saved as museum
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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
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Barnstorming days...
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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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Last post by Boac
Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:22 pm
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The 4 o'clock Avanti...
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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
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Two classics, today, in Miami
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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
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Another 'great' bites the dust.
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Boac » Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:34 pm
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From
Roger Topp AFC**
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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
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Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:43 pm
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Aviation pics from a bygone age that might be of interest
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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
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Fairey Gannet
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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
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No Highway in the Sky on TV
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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
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Thu Dec 19, 2019 2:25 am
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Sea Harrier 40
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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
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Maude 'Lores' Bonney
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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
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The Faithful "Annie"
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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
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