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Forgotten pilots or flights...
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:04 pm
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A flight in the trail of Bert Hinkler that ended in tragic circumstances.
Early 1930: It had been a depressing English winter – cold, dark and wet...
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I happened to read this death notice in the NZ Herald:
DAVENPORT, Ernest. Born 4 January 1923. Warrant Officer in the Pathfinder Force. Pilot,...
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Mon May 08, 2023 2:09 am
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Tue May 02, 2023 3:44 pm
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Only Surviving Lockheed Electra 10-E Goes on Display
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:00 pm
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See a twin of Amelia Earhart’s last plane as new museum opens
Amelia Earhart’s achievements in the early decades of aviation captivated the...
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Seaburg said the museum’s Muriel is one of only 14 Lockheed Electra 10-E aircraft ever produced. It’s a twin of the one Earhart flew. It was second...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Sat Apr 15, 2023 1:38 pm
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Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre - Bad News..
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OneHungLow » Tue Apr 11, 2023 5:14 pm
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A country that forgets its heritage has lost its way... Anon.
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child....
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Am flying to Perranporth on Monday and may drop by to see what has happened at Newquay!
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Last post by OneHungLow
Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:06 am
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A Flea...but what's the car?
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:52 pm
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I think it's a Flying Flea but what is the three wheeler towing it? Never seen anything like it...
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Possible?
Yes, it's a four-wheeler, but maybe they made three wheelers too?
What interesting find G-CPTN! ^:)^
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:01 pm
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Cockpit Nostalgia
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:23 pm
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FD2's post of a Concorde panel prompted this look back - maybe other's have cockpit photos of their steeds from way back? FD2 will be familiar with...
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Anybody want to take a guess at the aircraft type?
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She's for sale!
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:51 am
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Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:55 pm
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"Maverick's" Cringe Worthy Quote
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PHXPhlyer » Thu May 05, 2022 3:51 pm
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Tom Cruise helicopters in for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ premiere
The “Top Gun: Maverick” world premiere was a star-studded affair, with Tom Cruise...
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IIRC he said Functional limit, not absolute limit , or something to that effect.
Not defending, just quoting.
PP
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:21 pm
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Last post by Boac
Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:22 am
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VOLMET, the Prince of the Airwaves
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John Hill » Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:59 am
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It is funny that mention was made of VMW marine weather transmitter, it is one of two in Australia covering ocean areas surrounding Sandy Isle....
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my Dutch girl friend, driving her car on the motorway into Hilversum, would turn a mottled red colour, stop the car in the fast lane as traffic...
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Fri Oct 14, 2022 9:25 am
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‘Northern Venture’ - RAF (Part 1)
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TheGreenAnger » Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:27 pm
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Navy Wings has the Bill Purchase Book
- Read the full account here with the excellent photographs
As the Chipmunk entered its middle age with...
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Thanks TGA. I am familiar with many of those airfields with driving 748s around the world. Wouldn't like to do it in a Chippy though.
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Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:28 am
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:39 am
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Gerry Sayer & Michael Daunt
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:12 am
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Have been reading a lot about Frank Whittle's travails (more like a Greek tragedy in truth) and two test pilots that emerge with honour from that...
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Extraordinary man and story of a cadre of very brave men suggested by Rossian and his recent reading matter, name, 'Arctic Airmen'.
Telegraph...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:07 am
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Air India Flight 101
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:58 pm
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A treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires buried for decades on a glacier off France’s Mont Blanc has finally been shared between the...
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Many years ago, the fifties I think, (actually just checked and it was 1948), a KLM Constellation came down in the hills to the south-east of...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:39 pm
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In flight refuelling! AAR.
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:12 pm
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There is a good article in this week's Aviation week.
Infight refuelling
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The future :-o
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Last post by Woody
Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:18 pm
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Ashburton Aviation Museum NZ.
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John Hill » Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:22 am
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This link should take you to a collection of 75 or so display boards that we have prepared to accompany the exhibits in our museum.
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I was also very interested in the detail on the Aermacchi. The MB-326 was flown by the SAAF, where it was designated as the Atlas Impala, being built...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:17 am
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Lofty Lance SAAF, RCAF, RAF and RAAF, killed in the Vietnam war...
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TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:18 pm
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I am often accused of being a Saffer chauvinist, and in truth I am, but this guy's story deserves to be told and allows me to show respect to the...
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Wouter van Warmelo I meant.
I almost typed Waatlemoen (watermelon). I am beginning to lose it, I really am...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:18 pm
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RNZAF Bristol Freighters in Vietnam
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TheGreenGoblin » Fri May 29, 2020 5:27 pm
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I had been aware that New Zealand had been involved in supporting her allies, the USA and Australia, in supplying logistical, medical and sundry...
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A mate of mine used to fly Bristol Frighteners for BKS. He ended up losing a couple of teeth, which he swore were loosened by the constant...
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Sat May 22, 2021 2:15 pm
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Last post by EA01
Fri May 21, 2021 11:20 am
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Aviation's eccentrics and rogues...
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon May 04, 2020 9:24 am
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I suspect we all know, or know of, some folks that fit the description of this thread...
I had not heard of this rogue until recently...
History...
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This guy, Coleman Andrews deserves a mention!
Did you read Dennis Beckett's book 'Jetlag' which gave Andrews far too easy a ride. I must fish it...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:54 am
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Queen's Flight
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by Capetonian » Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:37 am
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This article was in the latest Brooklands Bulletin and I thought would be of interest to the Ex-As as well as others here.
Sorry for the poor quality...
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They be the refuelling pods for when it has to do its day job.
Or as we called them, 'hoodo's'!
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:50 pm
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"Creativity"
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:58 am
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He and I merely swapped NCP carpark tickets on the helideck changeover every fortnight so that we paid a day's parking charge at Dyce instead of a...
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Not a plastic can then.
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:15 am
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Airline Execs -List of famous, infamous or otherwise interesting people
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:21 am
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As a starter I present one of the more infamous of this motley crew.
Erhard Milch
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Following Hitler’s suicide, Milch attempted to...
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In the mid-80s, I was involved with Tony Ryan and his sons as they were leasing two 748s to start up the airline. We had been in Shannon for a couple...
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Last post by tango15
Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:40 am
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In memory of the Vickers Viscount
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:21 pm
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Britain's most successful airliner... outdid the Convair, Martin and Lockheed marques in that market.
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I’m sure Mike would approve :D
Mike would have also reposted a memorial to those so cruelly killed by an infamous act.
Two of those aircraft...
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Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:34 am
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Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:37 pm
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